Using Unexpected Questions to Elicit Information and Cues to Deceit in Interpreter-Based Interviews. / Шаболтас, Алла Вадимовна; Халеева, Мария Владимировна; Гранская, Юлиана Викторовна.
In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 1, 01.01.2018, p. 94-104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Using Unexpected Questions to Elicit Information and Cues to Deceit in Interpreter-Based Interviews
AU - Шаболтас, Алла Вадимовна
AU - Халеева, Мария Владимировна
AU - Гранская, Юлиана Викторовна
N1 - Funding Information: This work is funded by the High‐Value Detainee Interrogation Group, DJF‐15‐1299‐V‐0010271, awarded to the University of Portsmouth (UK). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Government.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - We examined whether speech-related differences between truth tellers and liars are more profound when answering unexpected questions than when answering expected questions. We also examined whether the presence of an interpreter affected these results. In the experiment, 204 participants from the United States (Hispanic participants only), Russia, and the Republic of Korea were interviewed in their native language by a native-speaking interviewer or by a British interviewer through an interpreter. Truth tellers discussed a trip that they had made during the last 12 months; liars fabricated a story about such a trip. The key dependent variables were the amount of information provided and the proportion of all statements that were complications. The proportion of complications distinguished truth tellers from liars better when answering unexpected than expected questions, but only in interpreter-absent interviews. The number of details provided did not differ between truth tellers and liars or between interpreter-absent and interpreter-present interviews.
AB - We examined whether speech-related differences between truth tellers and liars are more profound when answering unexpected questions than when answering expected questions. We also examined whether the presence of an interpreter affected these results. In the experiment, 204 participants from the United States (Hispanic participants only), Russia, and the Republic of Korea were interviewed in their native language by a native-speaking interviewer or by a British interviewer through an interpreter. Truth tellers discussed a trip that they had made during the last 12 months; liars fabricated a story about such a trip. The key dependent variables were the amount of information provided and the proportion of all statements that were complications. The proportion of complications distinguished truth tellers from liars better when answering unexpected than expected questions, but only in interpreter-absent interviews. The number of details provided did not differ between truth tellers and liars or between interpreter-absent and interpreter-present interviews.
KW - deception
KW - non-native speakers
KW - interpreter
KW - information gathering
KW - expected versus unexpected questions
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U2 - 10.1002/acp.3382
DO - 10.1002/acp.3382
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 94
EP - 104
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
SN - 0888-4080
IS - 1
ER -
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