12 Of The Most Common Lies Sociopaths And Narcissists Tell, Translated Into Truth

The American Polygraph Association, which sets standards for testing, says that polygraphs are “highly accurate,” citing an accuracy rate above 90 percent when done properly. Critics, however, say the tests are correct only 70 percent of the time.

You can fail the test simply because you don’t quite understand the question, or over-analyze the question each time, even if the examiner gave you clarification multiple times.

Your polygraph examiner will under no circumstances give you an honest explanation of the game he is playing with you. In the following paragraphs, I will provide details about this polygraph screening format that the United States government does not want you to know, along with references for further reading.

How to cheat it. According to George Maschke and Gino Scalabrini, authors of The Lie Behind the Lie Detector, there are four ways to beat the test: Change your heart rate , breathing rate, blood pressure and sweat level while answering control questions.

1. I would never lie to you.
2. He or she was obsessed with me.
3. I was hanging out with friends.
4. I am justsobusy right now.
5. Its crazy how much we have in common.
6. I miss you and love you.
7. Cheating is morally wrong.
8. They mean nothing to me.

Many Pathological Liars Actually Believe Their Own Lies Some pathological liars are “functionally delusional,” Carroll says, meaning they actually believe their own lies and can even pass a lie detector test.

According to the American Psychological Association, “Most psychologists agree that there is little evidence that polygraph tests can accurately detect lies.” The National Research Council, in its annual report titled “ The Polygraph and Lie Detection,” found the high accuracy claims of polygraph exams to be without scientific validity.

Research on the processes involved in CQT polygraph examinations suggests that several examiner, examinee, and situational factors influence test validity, as may the technique used to score polygraph charts. There is little research on the effects of subjects’ differences in such factors as education, intelligence, or level of autonomic arousal.

Therefore, it becomes to difficult to pin the reactions that a polygraph test must monitor to identify lies. The second problem is that there is no standard marking system that can be used to analyze polygraph results. Instead, individual testers rely on their scoring systems.

The biggest users of the polygraph are law enforcement agencies in the US. According to a 2018 report, an estimated 2.5 million polygraph tests are annually administered in the US. Most of them for job screenings by government agencies and legal cases.