Cross-cultural Differences in Beliefs About Lie Detection: A Comparison of Arab and Non-Arab Australians (Walaa Katta honour's thesis)

Walaa Katta's honours thesis. This study utilised an open-ended question and a 10-item questionnaire created by the Global Deception Research Team (2006) to explore potential lie detection method differences between a sample of Arab- (n = 102) and non-Arab-Australians (n = 70). The results showed that while most participants in both groups were confident in their ability to detect deceit, Arab-Australians thought they could detect lies significantly more than non-Arab Australians. Both Arab- and non-Arab participants tended to rely on non-verbal behaviour to detect lies; however, there were some differences, some of which were surprising given purported cultural differences with some non-verbal behaviours.

Walaa Katta的荣誉学位论文。本研究采用开放式问题及由全球欺骗研究团队（Global Deception Research Team，2006）编制的10项问卷，探究阿拉伯裔澳大利亚人样本（n=102）与非阿拉伯裔澳大利亚人样本（n=70）在谎言检测方法上的潜在差异。结果显示，尽管两组大多数参与者均对自身的欺骗检测能力充满信心，但阿拉伯裔澳大利亚人认为自己能检测出谎言的比例显著高于非阿拉伯裔澳大利亚人。阿拉伯裔与非阿拉伯裔参与者均倾向于依赖非言语行为进行谎言检测；然而，两组间存在一些差异，其中部分差异在考虑到所谓的非言语行为文化差异时令人意外。