CrossCultural Judgments of Deception

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Cross-Cultural Judgments of
Deception

• Charles F. Bond, Jr.
• Texas Christian University

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Deception
Behaviors
Beliefs
Judgments
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Deceptive Behaviors
(DePaulo et al, Psychological Bulletin, 2003)

• 120 studies / 158 behaviors
• 4992 participants
• 25 nonU.S.

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Best Cues for Lie Detection
(DePaulo et al, 2003)
Audible distancing
Ambivalence
Lack of detail
Uncertainty
50 60 70 80
90 100 Percentage Accuracy
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Deception
Behaviors
Beliefs
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Beliefs about Deception
(Many researchers et Bond, In progress)

• Q How can you tell when people are lying?
• 56 countries
• 38 languages

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Beliefs in 56 Nations

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Most Common Belief
of Responses
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Also Common
of Responses
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Deception
Behaviors
Beliefs
Judgments
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Within-Culture Judgments
(Bond DePaulo, In progress)

• 208 studies
• 20,000 participants
• 22 nonU.S.

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Within-Culture Accuracy
54.07
Non-U.S.
U.S.
Number of Studies
30 40 50 60
70 Percentage Accuracy
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Cross-Cultural Challenges

• Language differences
• Nonverbal differences
• Suspicions

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A Three-Nation Study
(Bond Atoum, 2000)
Liars
India
Jordan
U.S.
India Jordan U.S.
Judges
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Accuracy of Lie Detection
Own Nation
Other Nation
Audio Video AV
Audio Video AV
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Inter-judge Agreement
Audio Video AV
Audio Video AV
Within Nation
Between Nation
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Four Conclusions

• Screening will entail deception judgments.
• These judgments will not be accurate.
• Eye contact is uninformative.
• The voice may be more informative.

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Country Collaborator
Acknowledgements
Argentina S. Tifner Australia K.
Williams Austria M. Voracek Brazil M.
Pereira Burkina faso D. Donatien Cameroon T.
Tchombe Canada K. Lee Chile M.
Koljatic China Y. Zhang Colombia O.
Rodriguez Croatia I. Sverko Cyprus
A. Kapardis Czech Rep. I. Stuchlikova Domin.
Rep. C. Matuk France P. Banton Georgia
G. Nizharadze Germany G.
Koehnken Ghana S. Reynolds Greece
F. Kukkinaki
Indonesia N. Hasanat Iran H.
Bahrami Ireland J. Horgan Israel J.
Kurman Italy L. Caso Japan T.
Oka Jordan A. Atoum Kenya R.
Rono Lithuania R. Simulioniene Malta
R. Holland Mexico C. Benjet Micronesia
R. Churney Moldova C. Platon Nepal
S. Niraula Netherlands H. Merckelbach New
Zealand L. Johnston Norway A.
Melinder Pakistan F. Ahmad Phillipines
C. Conaco
Poland B. Pawlowski Portugal
F. Neto Romania I. Roxana Russia
D. Khalturina Samoa M.
Kerslake Slovakia L. Lovas Slovenia
V. Rus South Africa C.
Tredoux Spain J. Masip Sri Lanka
R. Gunawardhane Sweden M.
Hartwig Taiwan T. Huang TrinidadTobago
D. Chadee Turkey M.
Ker-Dincer U.A.E. M.
Abu-Hilal United Kingdom A. Vrij U.S.A.
B. DePaulo U.S.A. S.
Rao Yugoslavia A. Kostik