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Strategy and Misdirection in Forced Choice Memory Performance Testing in Deception Detection
Author(s) -
Orthey Robin,
Vrij Aldert,
Leal Sharon,
Blank Hartmut
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.3310
Subject(s) - deception , psychology , polygraph , two alternative forced choice , test (biology) , perspective (graphical) , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , cognition , lying , artificial intelligence , computer science , medicine , paleontology , radiology , neuroscience , biology
Summary We examined forced choice memory performance testing in deception detection from a theoretical perspective. Evidence suggests that participants form different strategies to defeat this test. We attempted to describe these strategies within the framework of Cognitive Hierarchy Theory, a theory that distinguishes strategies based on their degree of anticipation of opponents' strategies. Additionally, we explored whether the strategy selection process is malleable. Truth tellers and liars were subjected to a forced choice memory test about a mock crime. Additionally, half of the sample was subjected to a misdirection changing the appearance of the test to that of a polygraph examination. We found detection accuracies and strategies similar to previous experiments and our misdirection manipulation elicited new strategies and behaviour. Theoretical and practical applications are discussed.Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.