All Outputs (2)

Are you hiding something from me? Uncertainty and judgments about the intentions of others (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Street, C. N. H., & Richardson, D. (2014). Are you hiding something from me? Uncertainty and judgments about the intentions of others.

We are skilled at reading other’s intentions –until they try to hide them. We are biased towards taking at face value what others say, but it is not clear why. One possibility is that we are uncertain, and make the decision by relying... Read More about Are you hiding something from me? Uncertainty and judgments about the intentions of others.

Lies, Damn Lies, and Expectations: How Base Rates Inform Lie-Truth Judgments: Base rate beliefs in lie detection (2014)
Journal Article
Street, C. N. H., & Richardson, D. C. (2015). Lies, Damn Lies, and Expectations: How Base Rates Inform Lie-Truth Judgments: Base rate beliefs in lie detection. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(1), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3085

We are biased towards thinking that people are telling the truth. Our study represents the first test of how beliefs about the base rate of truths and lies affect this truth bias. Raters were told either 20, 50 or 80% of the speakers would be telling... Read More about Lies, Damn Lies, and Expectations: How Base Rates Inform Lie-Truth Judgments: Base rate beliefs in lie detection.