REASONS TO CONSIDER PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONs WITH POLYGRAPH A UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE TOOL
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Versatility – an opportunity to select valid testing methods or to work out a structured interview tailored to a specific task or a subject matter
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Individual approach to an examinee – a possibility to select methods and to arrange testing process according to individual peculiarities of a client’s personality
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Objectiveness – limited impact of the human factor in the testing process owing to standardization of methods, techniques and the procedure of psychological diagnostic itself
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Validity – usage of professional methodology and indicators tracking with scoring by “the lie scale” – exclude the chances of giving socially desired responses and the chances of counteraction on behalf of the examinee in testing process.
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Sensitivity – psychological testing is less stressful for a testee
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Psychodiagnostics is carried out with the help of internationally recognized and authorial methodology with statistic validity amounting to 80% upwards
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THOSE REQUIRE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION:
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Individualities who require intramural examination (investigation of non-pathological phenomena of the psyche and detection of the impact of the personality’s mental state peculiarities on their behavior in a particular moment, defining of affect state);
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Material evidence: texts (hand-written, printed), video- and audio-recordings, objects (specifics of psychological analysis is caused by blocked access for proximate cognition to the psyche; however, investigation of psychological activity is available through actions and behavior analysis, which serve as reflection of this activity);
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Individualities who require examination in absentia (personality psychological analysis initiated by the interested party of the process/ stakeholders);
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Documents (criminal records, employment records, track records, works of authorship, letters, diaries, certificates, medical documentation, etc.)
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QUESTIONS TO ASK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS:
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Have the testees got any individual psychological characteristics (intellectual, temperamental, motivational, emotional and volitional, etc.) which could substantially influence their behavior in the researched case?
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Which psychological factors testify in favor of and which against the reliability of the testees’ statements or testimonies?
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Have the testees got any signs of hypersuggestibility? Are they extremely prone to making up? Are there any signs of psychological impact on the testees during the examination?
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What individual psychological characteristics have the testees got if any, which could substantially influence intensity and depth of their experiencing of important incident?
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Has the testees’ hierarchy of basic life values been affected? Are there any signs of adverse changes in the testees’ personality and how are they expressed if any?
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Aren’t the testees staying in the psychological state (stress, frustration, confusion) which could influence awareness of own actions and their control?
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