| Abstract: | H. A. Sackeim and R. C. Gur (see record 1985-22770-001) rejected the present authors' (see record 1983-29703-001) claim that voice recognition is inadequate as a demonstration of self-deception and presented evidence to support their position, especially with reference to the motivational aspects of self-deception. It is argued that Sackeim and Gur's (see record 1979-26213-001) data do not necessarily require the operation of a self-deception process. Sackeim and Gur argue that Ss' reports and their GSRs are both measures of recognition. They claim that when people are faced with their own tape-recorded voices, the overt and covert measures of recognition often do not coincide, and this lack of agreement implies that self-deception is operating. It is asserted that the evidence cannot be regarded as watertight, because almost exactly the same results are obtained when the target is a voice that is not their own. It is also contended that motivational manipulations fail to provide firm evidence for the self-deception hypothesis. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
