Plausibility: A Verbal Cue to Veracity worth Examining?

Vrij, Aldert; Deeb, Haneen; Leal, Sharon; Granhag, Pär Anders; Fisher, Ronald P.

doi:10.5093/ejpalc2021a4

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“…One coder, experienced in coding complications, coded the complications in all transcripts. A complication is an occurrence that affects the storyteller and makes a situation more difficult (Vrij et al, 2020). Examples of complications are: (a) "There was a knock at the door from the neighbour that they ignored"; (b) "They were expecting another guy but he could not make it"; and (c) "Yulia knocked on the door, but no one answered so she knocked again".…”

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“…Total details is the total amount of information someone provides. A complication is an occurrence that affects the story-teller and makes a situation more difficult ("Initially we did not see our friend, as he was waiting at a different entrance"; Vrij et al, 2020). Total details and complications reveal veracity when individuals lie through fabricating information with truth tellers typically reporting more details (Amado et al, 2016;Gancedo et al, 2021) and more complications (Vrij et al, 2021) than lie tellers.…”

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Verbal Cues to Deceit when Lying through Omitting Information: Examining the Effect of a Model Statement Interview Protocol

Leal

Vrij

Deeb

et al. 2023

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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Background/objectives: Practitioners frequently inform us that lying through omitting information is relevant to them, yet this topic has been largely ignored by verbal lie detection researchers. Method: In the present experiment participants watched a video recording of a secret meeting between three people. Truth tellers were instructed to recall the meeting truthfully, and lie tellers were instructed to pretend that one person (John) was not there. Participants were or were not exposed to a Model Statement during the interview. The dependent variables were 'total details' and 'complications'. Results: Truth tellers reported more complications than lie tellers but lie tellers reported more details than truth tellers. The Model Statement resulted in more complications and details being reported. The Veracity x Model Statement interaction effect was not significant. In terms of self-reported strategies, the main veracity difference was that truth tellers were more inclined to 'be detailed" than lie tellers. Discussion: We discuss the atypical finding (most details reported by lie tellers) and ideas for future research. Las señales verbales del engaño cuando se miente mediante omisión de información: análisis del efecto de un protocolo de entrevista Model Statement R E S U M E NAntecedentes/objetivos: Con frecuencia los profesionales nos informan que la mentira basada en la ocultación de información es relevante para ellos, si bien quienes investigan la detección de mentiras verbales apenas han prestado atención a este tema. Método: Los participantes en este experimento vieron una grabación en vídeo de una reunión secreta entre tres personas. A unos participantes se les instituyó para que recordaran de verdad el vídeo (sujetos sinceros) y a otros que fingiesen que una persona (John) no estaba allí (sujetos mentirosos). Los participantes fueron sometidos, o no, a una entrevista Model Statement. Se tomaron como variables dependientes los "detalles totales" y las "complicaciones". Resultados: Los sujetos sinceros daban cuenta de más complicaciones que quienes mentían, aunque estos daban más detalles que los primeros. Las declaraciones basadas en una entrevista Model Statement contuvieron más complicaciones y detalles. La interacción entre los factores veracidad (sujetos sinceros vs. mentirosos) x entrevista Model Statement (sí vs. no) no fue significativa. Teniendo en cuenta las estrategias autoinformadas, la principal diferencia en veracidad era que quienes decían la verdad tendían más a "ser detallistas" que los que mentían. Discusión: Se discuten las implicaciones de este resultado atípico (que los que mentían daban más detalles), así como para las nuevas líneas de la futura investigación. Palabras clave:Persona que dice la verdad Mentira mediante omisiones Complicaciones Detalles totales Estrategias para parecer convincente

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Verbal Cues to Deceit when Lying through Omitting Information: Examining the Effect of a Model Statement Interview Protocol

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Vrij

Deeb

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The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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“…They are also able to read their statement and make changes based upon what sounds plausible. Future research could assess this in two ways; (1) examining the metadata to assess whether liars are editing their statements, and (2) assessing whether plausibility as a lie detection measure (DePaulo et al, 2003; Vrij et al, 2021) is impacted by the disclosure type. Specifically, future research could assess whether written statements appear more plausible than verbal statements that have been transcribed verbatim.…”

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Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing

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Taylor

Lee

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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The asymmetric information management (AIM) technique enhances verbal lie‐detection by encouraging truth tellers (but not liars) to be forthcoming with information. We examined the AIM technique's utility for correctly distinguishing genuine and fabricated statements reported during a virtual interview. Truth tellers (n = 85) honestly reported their recollection of a 30‐minute walk. Liars pretended to have engaged in a similar activity (n = 86). Participants were randomly assigned to either the AIM or Control condition and provided either a verbal or written statement. Truth tellers in the AIM condition reported more detailed statements (vs. the Control condition). Liars in the AIM condition reported less detailed statements (vs. the Control condition). More genuine and fabricated statements were correctly classified in the AIM condition (72% accuracy) compared to the Control condition (59% accuracy). No differences between disclosure type emerged. Results support the use of the AIM technique for facilitating verbal lie‐detection.

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“…Plausibility is a second example. Unlike DePaulo et al ( 2003) and Vrij et al (2020), I do not think of plausibility as a cue, but rather as a scalable attribute of content (understanding what is said in context and then assessing its typicality or probability of occurrence). Further, as an aspect of communication content, meaningfully assessing plausibility is different for low and high context communication and depends on the relevant contextual knowledge of the person assessing plausibility.…”

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“…Nor do I think about context as fact-checking and plausibility (cf. Vrij et al, 2020 ) which I see as potentially diagnostic aspects of communication content. Context involves what someone needs to know to understand and make sense out of what is said, and to think critically about content.…”

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Content, context, cues, and demeanor in deception detection

Levine

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Plausibility: A Verbal Cue to Veracity worth Examining?

Cited by 29 publications

References 40 publications

Verbal Cues to Deceit when Lying through Omitting Information: Examining the Effect of a Model Statement Interview Protocol

Verbal Cues to Deceit when Lying through Omitting Information: Examining the Effect of a Model Statement Interview Protocol

Applying the asymmetric information management (AIM) technique to virtual interviewing

Content, context, cues, and demeanor in deception detection

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