Polygraph Testing

Iacono, William G.

doi:10.1002/9780470696422.ch11

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“…After a National Research Council report (Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, 2003) discredited lie detectors, the use of peripheral physiological responses to indicate deception should be suspect. Some agencies complied (e.g., Cumming, 2007), yet the practice (both by agencies of the federal government and by private corporations) continues precisely because public common sense believes in them, so polygraphs extract confessions (Iacono, 2008; Iacono & Lykken, 2005). The neuroscience of deception likely will have a similar pattern, acting as an inaccurate but intimidating polygraph, marketed by those who stand to profit thereby (Fiske & Borgida, 2008).…”

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Best practices: How to evaluate psychological science for use by organizations

Borgida

2011

Research in Organizational Behavior

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We discuss how organizations can evaluate psychological science for its potential usefulness to their own purposes. Common sense is often the default but inadequate alternative, and bench-marking supplies only collective hunches instead of validated principles. External validity is an empirical process of identifying moderator variables, not a simple yes-no judgment about whether lab results replicate in the field. Hence, convincing criteria must specify what constitutes high-quality empirical evidence for organizational use. First, we illustrate some theories and science that have potential use. Then we describe generally accepted criteria for scientific quality and consensus, starting with peer review for quality, and scientific agreement in forms ranging from surveys of experts to meta-analyses to National Research Council consensus reports. Linkages of basic science to organizations entail communicating expert scientific consensus, motivating managerial interest, and translating broad principles to specific contexts. We close with parting advice to both sides of the researcher-practitioner divide.

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Section: What Theories and Science Get Used?mentioning

confidence: 99%