Browsing Faculty of Social Science & Humanities by Subject "Bias"

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    • Detecting deception in second-language speakers 

      Da Silva, Cayla S. (2011-04-01)
      It is currently unknown how lie detection accuracy is affected when someone is speaking in his or her second language. We examined whether language proficiency had an impact on lie detection. We hypothesized that when ...

    • The effect of language proficiency on second-language lie detection. 

      Snellings, Renee (2013-10-01)
      I examined whether observers’ own language proficiencies would affect their lie detection judgments. In a previous study, native- and second-language English speakers were videotaped as they either lied or told the truth ...

    • The effect of target language proficiency on deception detection among undergraduate students 

      Solodukhin, Elizabeth (2015-08-01)
      I examined the impact of targets’ language proficiency on observers’ lie detection accuracy, discrimination, bias, and confidence. Observers (N = 132) were randomly assigned to make deception judgments about targets (N = ...

    • The impact of thin(ner) slicing on deception detection 

      Villeneuve, Katrina (2022-08-01)
      I examined whether the length of thin slices (i.e., observations of behavior less than five minutes) affected deception detection. Participants (N = 262) were randomly assigned to one of seven exposure length conditions ...