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Real or fake cries for help : a personality-based attempt to explain individual differences in deception detection accuracy
Zurhold, V.L. (2022) Real or fake cries for help : a personality-based attempt to explain individual differences in deception detection accuracy.
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| Abstract: | This paper aims to uncover a possible connection between deception detection and human personality research. Therefore, we examined 20 undergraduate students in an online environment using a correlational study design. Our participants were presented with several video stimuli showing real people pleading for help in cases of missing loved ones. However, some of them were already identified to be deceivers. Consequently, we were able to use this material to determine our participants' ability to detect deception. In addition to that, we used a short Big Five measure to bring the field of personality research into play. Our results indicated that there are certain negative correlations to be found between the Big Five subscales of Neuroticism or Agreeableness and the deception identification score of our subjects. In other words, once the participants’ Agreeableness or Neuroticism score increases, the corresponding score of deception identification decreases. Therefore, some of the BFI dimensions seem to be of predictive value regarding the dependent variable. Nevertheless, it remains questionable which of the Big Five dimensions are most strongly associated with the dependent variable of deception detection. This is a possible shortcoming of the relatively small sample size in combination with the correlations among the individual Big Five subscales. Thus, a comparable research design might bring about more valuable insights if the study’s resources are not limited to the scope of a bachelor’s assignment. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general, 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92150 |
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