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TEST SOLUTIONS CONNUES INCONNUES [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-12-11
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Criminology
- Criminal Psychology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- concealed information test
1, record 1, English, concealed%20information%20test
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- CIT 1, record 1, English, CIT
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- guilty knowledge test 1, record 1, English, guilty%20knowledge%20test
correct
- GKT 1, record 1, English, GKT
correct
- GKT 1, record 1, English, GKT
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The CIT, also known as the guilty knowledge test [GKT], is used in criminal investigations to examine whether a person recognizes crime-relevant information that innocent people would not know. In the CIT, an examiner presents several items to an examinee, one of which is a crime-relevant item. The items are selected such that innocent examinees would not be able to distinguish the crime-relevant (critical) item from the crime-irrelevant (non-critical) items. Each item is presented once in a block and this block is repeated several times in different presentation orders. During the CIT, the examiner records physiological responses to the items. In the case that the responses do not differ between the critical and non-critical items, the examiner would infer that the examinee does not recognize the critical item. On the other hand, in the case that the responses differ between the critical and non-critical items, the examiner would infer that the examinee recognizes the critical item. 1, record 1, English, - concealed%20information%20test
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Criminologie
- Psychologie criminelle
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- test de la connaissance coupable
1, record 1, French, test%20de%20la%20connaissance%20coupable
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- test des solutions connues et inconnues 2, record 1, French, test%20des%20solutions%20connues%20et%20inconnues
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le test des solutions connues et inconnues [...] a pour but de récolter des informations au sujet du crime que le suspect ne lâche pas […] Ce test permet de vérifier si la personne interrogée possède ladite "connaissance de culpabilité [...] On montre, par exemple, un certain nombre de couteaux, dont l'un constitut l'arme du crime. Tant le suspect coupable que le suspect innocent donneront une réponse négative à chaque fois qu'il leur est montré un couteau et qu'il leur est demandé s'ils l'ont utilisé pour commettre le meurtre. Or, le suspect coupable reconnaîtra le couteau qu'il a utilisé. C'est ce que nous appelons la connaissance de culpabilité et ce savoir déclenche une activité physiologique accrue. 2, record 1, French, - test%20de%20la%20connaissance%20coupable
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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