Definition of Relevant Terms
- admission a statement of facts or a partial acknowledgement of guilt usually given with some justification or exemplification in admitting
- confession direct acknowledgement or statement of guilt
- deception the act of deceiving or misleading, usually accompanied by lying
- diastolic blood pressure the downward blood pressure caused by the relaxation of the heart and the closing of the valves
- electrodermal response also referred to as the psycho-galvanic skin reflex or the galvanic skin response, it refers to the changes in the skin’s electronic resistance due to external stimuli
- emotion a strong feeling usually directed at an object or to a person, and is generally accompanied by physiological changes in the body
- environment the sum total of a person’s entire situation
- heredity the genetic transmission of physical and mental traits from one generation to the next
- interview simple questioning of a willing and cooperative subject
- interrogation forceful questioning of a reluctant subject
- lying the act of conveying falsehoods or creating a false impression
- normal response any activity or inhibition of a previous activity of an organism or part of the organism resulting from stimulation
- ordeal one of the oldest forms of detecting deception done by subjecting an individual to an arduous trial that is often lethal
- systolic blood pressure the upward blood pressure shown as the apex of a curve in a graph caused by the contraction of the heart, valves are open and blood is rushing to the arteries