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Elaine Has Been Falsely Accused of Embezzling $250,000 from Her

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Elaine has been falsely accused of embezzling $250,000 from her company.Her boss wants her to take a lie detector test,but she has read the research literature and is afraid to do so.If Elaine is innocent,why would she hesitate to take the test?


A) Elaine is afraid that she will have to truthfully discuss other things she may be ashamed of.
B) It is easy for a skilled operator of a lie detector test to implant a false memory of actually having committed the embezzlement.
C) Lie detectors inflict rather painful shocks that may have adverse consequences on people with heart conditions.
D) Lie detector tests necessarily require people to tell intimate details about private issues unrelated to the question at hand.
E) There is a 14% probability that the test will falsely conclude that she is lying.

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