Date of Award
Spring 4-15-2011
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Caroline M. Kobek Pezzarossi
Second Advisor
Dennis Galvan
Abstract
This study examines the impact of deception on gaze aversion and self-adaptors among culturally Deaf college students. Sixteen participants were randomly assigned to either truth telling scenarios or deceptive scenarios. Telling the truth or a lie did not have a significant effect on the rate of gaze aversion. However, among all subjects, regardless of whether they told the truth or lied, the rate of gaze aversion more than doubled when the confederate directly questioned them about the test answers. Deception had no effect on the rate of self-adaptors among subjects and between groups. These findings indicate that self-adaptors are not a good indicator of deception among Deaf people; however, the effect deception may have on gaze aversion warrants further research.
Recommended Citation
Gallagher, Grady Matthew, "Self-adaptors and Gaze Aversion: Cues of Deception in Culturally Deaf College Students" (2011). Undergraduate University Honors Capstones. 18.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/honors_capstones/18
