i mean, it's all about your heart rate and blood pressure, and those are certainly going to go up if you are nervous about a question, not necessarily if you are lying. so couldn't you tell a little white lie and still pass the test?
2006-11-15 09:18:07 · 17 answers · asked by koifox_104 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Are you kidding? Those tests are a joke. If you can make yourself believe you're telling the truth, then your body won't change when you say it. Your body might not change anyway.
The polygraph is bs.
2006-11-15 09:51:10 · answer #1 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some people can fool a polygraph with a big whopping lie.
But, regarding the little white lie. The mere fact that the subject KNOWS they are fibbing is what causes the changes in a persons physical state that is picked up by the test.
So, a polygraph test, administered by an expert will catch most people telling even a white lie. One part of the test is a series of control questions where the subject is asked to tell a deliberate lie. There should be no pressure on the subject, but the polygraph should pick it up. In fact, if the controls cannot be established, the rest of the test is invalid.
That's why the rock or thumbtack strategy wouldn't work. The operator wouldn't get a good control sample. If the operator couldn't tell a lie from a true statement, the test results can't be determined.
2006-11-15 17:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passing a polygraph is actually easy if you know how to do it. No you can't tell a little white lie. You have to know how to beat the machine. Example... If the question is.., Did you kill so & so?? You say in your mind something like... Did you kill president Kennedy?? The answer NO comes out & you pass. It's all about mind over matter.
2006-11-15 17:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! I will tell you how to pass and tell nothing but lies!!! Put a very sharp rock in the toe portion of your shoe. When they ask the question, press your toe into the rock very hard and answer the question. The pain makes your body do thigs differently than normal and then you always do the same thing every question. They can't tell whether or not you are lying or telling the truth. And those polygraph places won't acknowledge it to their clients because they look stupid!
2006-11-15 17:28:46 · answer #4 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a thumb tack in your shoe and everytime you are asked a question push the point into your toe.
This will make you have a similar response to every question, lying or not.
2006-11-15 17:28:24 · answer #5 · answered by Derek D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can pass it when u are a good liar..pathological liars pass the polygraph...a harmless white lie can surely pass if the one who take the test...constantly lies and begin to believe that what they think and say is the truth...same with my psycho ...now ...ex-bf
2006-11-15 17:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by ♦cat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably, if you worked at it. Polygraphs are said to be about 90% accurate... that last 10% has to be white lies!
2006-11-15 17:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by BUD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polygraph tests are unreliable and their results are not allowed in court.
2006-11-15 17:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by frogmaster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandmother passed one years ago at her job, & it came up clean... but she was guilty! So like said already, it's only a lie if you BELIEVE it's a lie....
2006-11-15 17:27:01 · answer #9 · answered by DarkDeb 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's only a lie if you BELIEVE it's a lie.
-George Castanza
2006-11-15 17:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by Manny 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋