Hipolito , Phaullienne Xylk C.

B.S. Criminology

Performance Task 1

1. Who is the Father of Polygraph?

2. Who developed the Zone Comparison Polygraph Technique?
3. What is a Hydrospgymograph?
4. What are the features of the Reid Technique?
5. What does the Polyscore software do?
6. In What year was the Polygraph introduced into the computer age? 

1. Who is the Father of Polygraph?

 American scientist Leonard Keeler is widely considered the developer
of the polygraph machine. He, along with Berkeley police officer John
Larson, was responsible for creating and using the modern version of
the polygraph in the 1930s. Although there were minor changes to
Keeler's machine since its advent, the basic composition and functions
of the machine remained the same until the creation of the
computerized polygraph in 1994.

2. Who developed the Zone Comparison Polygraph Technique?

 Cleve Backster (1960)
 Developed the Backester Zone Comparison Technique
(ZCT), technique involve an alteration of the Reid question
sequencing.
3. What is a Hydrosphygmograph ?
 Modified the “HYDROSPHYGMOGRAPH” to measure physiological
changes that occurred in a suspects blood pressure and pulse rate
during a police interrogation
4. What are the features of the Reid Technique?
 The Reid Technique includes the following procedure:
1. Preparation
2. Verbal Stimulations of under responsive respondents
3. Stabilizing the subject
4. Irrelevant Questions Tests
5. Card Tests
6. Silent Answers Tests
5. What does the Polyscore software do?
 Completed a software program called Polyscore which used a
sophisticated mathematical algorithm to analyze the polygraph
  1993
 At Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory, Dr Dale E. Olsen, assisted by Mr John C.
Harris, completes a software program called
"POLYSCORE". The program implements an algorithm-
based chart-scoring system to analyze the polygraph
data collected and to estimate a statistical probability of
deception in a subject after questioning.

6. In What year was the Polygraph introduced into the computer age? 
 Joseph F Kubis (1970)
 Was the first researcher to use potential computer
applications for the purpose of Polygraph chart analysis
 1980s
 Research is conducted on computerized polygraph at
the University of Utah Psychology Laboratory by Drs
John C. Kircher and David C. Raskin.
 1988
 Drs John C. Kircher and David C. Raskin develop the
"Computer Assisted Polygraph System" (CAPS), which
incorporates the first algorithm used for evaluating
physiological data collected for diagnostic purposes.