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Subjective cues to deception/honesty in a high stakes situation: An exploratory approach

Wright Whelan, Clea
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Wagstaff, Graham
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Wheatcroft, Jacqueline M.
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University of Chester ; University of Liverpool ; University of Liverpool
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2014-05-07
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The low ecological validity of much of the research on deception detection is a limitation recognised by researchers in the field. Consequently, the present studies investigated subjective cues to deception using the real life, high stakes situation of people making public appeals for help with missing or murdered relatives. It was expected that cues related to affect would be particularly salient in this context. Study 1 was a qualitative investigation identifying cues to deception reportedly used by people accurate at detecting deception. Studies 2 and 3 were then empirical investigations which mainly employed the cues reported in Study 1. A number of subjective cues were found to discriminate between honest and deceptive appeals, including some previously unidentified cues, and cues likely to be context-specific. Most could be categorised under the themes of authenticity of emotion, and negative and positive affective reactions to the appealer. It is concluded that some cues to deception may emerge only in real life, high stakes situations; however, it is argued that some of these may be influenced by observers’ perceptions of the characteristics of offenders, rather than acts of deception per se.
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Subjective cues to deception/honesty in a high stakes situation: An exploratory approach. The Journal of Psychology, 2015, 149(5), pp. 517-534. Appeared online 7 May 2014
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Taylor & Francis
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The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied
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http://hdl.handle.net/10034/347422
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10.1080/00223980.2014.911140
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied on 7/5/2014 available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00223980.2014.911140
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0022-3980
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1940-1019
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