Abstract:

The article is devoted to consideration of psychological aspects of polygraph tests (questionnaires) construction. The author discloses the main theoretical psychological conceptions, that used during development of those tests, describes different types of questionnaires and questions and principles of their formulation. It has been mentioned that today the main polygraph technologies belong to two methods: method of control questions and method of concealed information; the examples of typical questionnaires are suggested as well.

Keywords: polygraph, polygraph test, questionnaire, polygraph examiner, psychological aspects, method, stimulus