Just(?) a True-False Test
运用信号检测理论,分析个体差异和情境因素如何影响人们识别谎言的准确性,并举例说明该理论如何应用于其他道德判断。
Recognizing dishonesty is difficult. It involves both cognitive and moral judgments in situations where it is often costly to gather information. Some individuals are better at it than others; some situations make information gathering less costly. This article uses signal detection theory to model the individual and situational effects on assessments that someone has lied. Signal detection theory is explained, and examples of how it can be used to model other moral judgments are provided.