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Victoria is extremely upset because she has been falsely accused of stealing money from her employer. Her lawyer has suggested that Victoria take a polygraph test to prove her innocence. Victoria asks for your opinion. What should you tell her based on the research into the accuracy of polygraphs?


▸ They sometimes wrongly indicate that innocent people are guilty but are highly accurate in detecting guilt.

▸ They measure only overall arousal levels and are not reliable indicators of whether people are lying.

▸ They are extremely accurate, and if Victoria is truly innocent, she will pass with no problem.

▸ They sometimes wrongly indicate that guilty people are innocent but are highly accurate in detecting innocence.
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