Course Description
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This program focuses on insights into client attempts at deception and the methods and measures available for detection such as behavioral clues, interview strategies, and psychological testing; measures specifically developed for detecting deception; the exaggeration and feigning of neurocognitive function; use of hypnosis and the polygraph; special considerations for children and adolescents; and psychopathy as it relates to deception.
12 CE credits/hours, 120 questions
Target Audience
Psychologists | School Psychologists | Marriage & Family Therapists | Mental Health Counselors | Social Workers
Learning Level
Intermediate
Learning Objectives
- Explain the basics of deception and its detection.
- Present general assessment techniques for detecting deception, including behavioral clues, interview strategies, and the use of general psychological tests in the detection of deception.
- Identify measures specifically developed for the detection of deception.
- Discuss exaggerating and feigning of neurocognitive dysfunction.
- Describe the use of hypnosis and the polygraph in the detection of deception.
- Recognize malingering and dissimulation in children and adolescents
- Assess psychopathy and its relationship to the detection of deception.

Amy R. Boyd, PhD, ABPP; Alix M. McLearen, PhD; Robert G. Meyer, PhD, ABPP; and Robert L. Denney, PsyD, ABPP, ABPN
Course curriculum
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Statement of Understanding (downloadable/printable)
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"Detection of Deception" - Final Exam Questions (downloadable/printable)
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Final Exam
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Evaluation Questionnaire
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