Detecting Deception: A Classroom Demonstration

Lie detection, a topic that most students of psychology find fascinating, can be demonstrated using an inexpensive, highly portable galvanic skin response (GSR) monitor. This demonstration can be used to touch on the current controversy surrounding the use of physiological measures in detecting dece...

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Published in:Teaching of psychology 1992-10, Vol.19 (3), p.166-168
Main Authors: Grosch, James W., Sparrow, John E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Lie detection, a topic that most students of psychology find fascinating, can be demonstrated using an inexpensive, highly portable galvanic skin response (GSR) monitor. This demonstration can be used to touch on the current controversy surrounding the use of physiological measures in detecting deception and is relevant to other topics, such as emotion, perception, and industrial/organizational psychology.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1207/s15328023top1903_10