A Registered Conceptual Replication and Extension of Carter and Weber (2010): Generalized Trust,Lie Prevalence,and Deception Detection

Abstract

This paper provides a conceptual replication and extension of Carter and Weber investigating the effects of generalized trust on deception detection. Three alternative predictions were tested: trust lowers accuracy, trust increases accuracy, or trust facilitates accuracy for truths but inhibits lie detection. Compared to Carter and Weber, our experiment involved different stimulus materials, a much larger sample, and the inclusion of a lie prevalence measure. As anticipated, Carter and Weber’s finding were not replicated. Neither generalized trust nor lie prevalence predicted deception detection accuracy or truth bias. We speculate about why generalized trust appears to play little role in deception detection.

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lying trust veracity effect truth-default theory truth-bias

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