{"id":52,"date":"2020-07-13T02:11:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T02:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2020-07-13T02:11:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T02:11:25","slug":"what-is-the-polygraph-examination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/?page_id=52","title":{"rendered":"What is the Polygraph Examination?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>body \u00a0to \u00a0respond; \u00a0noise, \u00a0sights, \u00a0being \u00a0touched, \u00a0telling \u00a0a \u00a0lie, \u00a0even random<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>thoughts. The examiner must structure the testing situation to eliminate or control extraneous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>sources of reactions. For example, repeating the test questions several times controls responses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to &nbsp;random &nbsp;thoughts. &nbsp;The &nbsp;examiner\u2019s &nbsp;diagnosis &nbsp;of &nbsp;deception &nbsp;is &nbsp;an<strong>inference &nbsp;based &nbsp;upon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;the elimination of alternative causes of responses.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1) Respiration.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2) Electro dermal activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3) Cardio changes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4) Photoelectric Plethysmograph.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &nbsp;Photo &nbsp;Plethysmograph &nbsp;adds &nbsp;new &nbsp;physiological &nbsp;data &nbsp;to &nbsp;existing &nbsp;polygraph &nbsp;information by measuring &nbsp;relative &nbsp;changes &nbsp;in &nbsp;the &nbsp;total &nbsp;blood &nbsp;volume &nbsp;in &nbsp;a &nbsp;body &nbsp;segment &nbsp;and &nbsp;by &nbsp;rapidly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>detecting any changes in pulse blood volume. The Photo Plethysmograph uses a photo-sensitive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>cell to measure infrared light reflected or passed though human tissue. The light is scattered by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>red blood cells so that the amount of light reaching the photo sensor after passing through the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tissue &nbsp;indicates &nbsp;the &nbsp;amount &nbsp;of &nbsp;blood &nbsp;that &nbsp;it &nbsp;had &nbsp;to &nbsp;pass &nbsp;through. &nbsp;Empirical &nbsp;research &nbsp;on &nbsp;the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>effectiveness &nbsp;of &nbsp;the &nbsp;Photo &nbsp;Plethysmograph &nbsp;has &nbsp;revealed &nbsp;that &nbsp;this &nbsp;technique &nbsp;provides &nbsp;an<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>independent &nbsp;index &nbsp;of &nbsp;sympathetic &nbsp;arousal &nbsp;and &nbsp;that &nbsp;the underlying &nbsp;physiological &nbsp;principles &nbsp;of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the Photo Plethysmograph are scientifically based and reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Relevant Question:&nbsp; pertain directly to the matter under investigation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong>\u201cDid you commit this crime?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(2) Irrelevant question: <\/strong>Totally unconnected to the matter under investigation. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For example:<\/strong>\u201cIs today Wednesday?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(3) Comparison &nbsp;question: <\/strong>Only &nbsp;indirectly &nbsp;related &nbsp;to &nbsp;the &nbsp;matter &nbsp;being &nbsp;investigated. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Question is designed to either provoke a lie, or to create concern about whether or not the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>examinee is concealing information from the examiner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For &nbsp;example: <\/strong>\u201cBefore &nbsp;the &nbsp;age &nbsp;of &nbsp;20, &nbsp;have &nbsp;you &nbsp;ever &nbsp;deliberately &nbsp;told &nbsp;a &nbsp;serious &nbsp;lie, &nbsp;to<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>someone that trusted you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Innocent Examinee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &nbsp;innocent &nbsp;examinee &nbsp;is &nbsp;answering &nbsp;the &nbsp;relevant &nbsp;questions &nbsp;truthfully. He &nbsp;\/ &nbsp;she &nbsp;is &nbsp;lying &nbsp;to &nbsp;or<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>doubtful about the comparison questions, which now have greater &nbsp;signal &nbsp;value. He \/ she &nbsp;thus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>react more or greater to the comparison questions than relevant questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guilty Examinee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &nbsp;guilty &nbsp;examinee &nbsp;is &nbsp;lying &nbsp;to &nbsp;both &nbsp;the comparison &nbsp;questions &nbsp;and &nbsp;relevant &nbsp;questions, &nbsp;but &nbsp;is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>more concerned about him or her lie to the relevant questions because of their signal value and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fear &nbsp;of &nbsp;detection. He &nbsp;or &nbsp;she &nbsp;thus &nbsp;reacts &nbsp;more or &nbsp;greater &nbsp;to &nbsp;relevant &nbsp;questions &nbsp;than &nbsp;to &nbsp;the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>comparison questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>body \u00a0to \u00a0respond; \u00a0noise, \u00a0sights, \u00a0being \u00a0touched, \u00a0telling \u00a0a \u00a0lie, \u00a0even random thoughts. The examiner must structure the testing situation to eliminate or control extraneous sources of reactions. For example, repeating the test questions several times controls responses to &nbsp;random &nbsp;thoughts. &nbsp;The &nbsp;examiner\u2019s &nbsp;diagnosis &nbsp;of &nbsp;deception &nbsp;is &nbsp;aninference &nbsp;based &nbsp;upon &nbsp;the elimination of alternative causes&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/?page_id=52\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpolygraph.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}