Investigating the role of psychopathic characteristics in deceptive behavior
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Title
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Investigating the role of psychopathic characteristics in deceptive behavior
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:71114bc4a11a:11621
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identifier
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12205
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Creator
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Toomey, Joseph A.,
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Contributor
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Maria Hartwig
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Clinical psychology | Criminology | Assessment | Deception | Forensic | Interrogations | Lie Detection | Psychopathy
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Abstract
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This study investigated the impact of psychopathic characteristics on cues to deception and the ability of targets to successfully deceive. A sample of 80 male community members with a documented history of at least one felony conviction was recruited through an online advertisement to participate in a study of "interpersonal behavior." Participants were administered the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI; Lilienfeld & Andrews, 1996), Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (Hare SRP; Paulhus, Neuman, & Hare, in press), Triarchic Inventory (Patrick, 2008), and a series of questions regarding their lying behaviors and beliefs before being randomly assigned to either a truthful or deceptive condition as part of a mock theft paradigm. Participants subsequently took part in a videotaped interview during which they were instructed to convince the interviewer that they were innocent of the mock theft. The interviews were shown to a sample of 80 undergraduate psychology students who attempted to determine the target's veracity. Finally, videotapes were coded for nonverbal and verbal cues to deception. Results indicate that a variety of psychopathic characteristics are related to overall accuracy of lie-truth judgments by receivers and the manifestation of both nonverbal and verbal cues. Results are discussed in terms of the theoretical relationship between underlying traits associated with psychopathy and deceptive presentations.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Psychology
