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| Title |
When deception becomes easy: the effects of task switching and goal neglect on the truth proportion effect
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01666 |
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| Authors |
Bram Van Bockstaele, Christine Wilhelm, Ewout Meijer, Evelyne Debey, Bruno Verschuere |
| Abstract |
Lying is typically more cognitively demanding than truth telling. Yet, recent cognitive models of lying propose that lying can be just as easy as truth telling, depending on contextual factors. In line with this idea, research has shown that the cognitive cost of deception decreases when people frequently respond deceptively, while it increases when people rarely respond deceptively (i.e., the truth proportion effect). In the present study, we investigated two possible underlying mechanisms of the truth proportion effect. In Experiment 1 (N = 121), we controlled for the impact of switch costs by keeping the number of switches between deceptive and truthful responses constant. We found that people who often responded deceptively made fewer errors when responding deceptively than people who only occasionally responded deceptively, replicating the truth proportion effect. Thus, while the truth proportion effect in earlier studies may be partially driven by the cost of switching between truthful and deceptive responses, we still found evidence for the truth proportion effect while controlling for switch costs. In Experiment 2 (N = 68), we assessed whether the truth proportion effect is influenced by goal neglect. According to this view, the truth proportion effect should be reduced if participants are cued to maintain the task goals, while it should be larger when participants are allowed to neglect the task goals. In line with this hypothesis, we found a smaller truth proportion effect when participants were cued with the task goals compared to when they were not cued. This study shows that the truth proportion effect is influenced by goal neglect, implying that frequent deceptive responding strengthens the goal of responding deceptively. Our findings imply that the accuracy of lie detection tests could be increased by using a majority of truth-items (i.e., induce the truth proportion effect), and that the truth proportion effect should be maximized by (1) increasing the number of truth-lie task switches and (2) inducing goal neglect. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 13% |
| Italy | 1 | 13% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 4 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 44 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 30% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 12 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 24 | 52% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Unknown | 14 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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