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A psychologist is planning to conduct a study that would examine pathological liars and the quality of their romantic relationships. You have been asked to provide the psychologist with a recommendation for which research method should be used to gather data on the pathological liars and their spouses.

A psychologist is planning to conduct a study that would examine pathological liars and the quality of their r
Are there any particular set of methods we have to choose from?





If no, I'd do the double-blind control experiment thing using the "human zoo" approach - i.e., after having selected appropriate candidates and appropriate control candidates, having them stay in a "Big Brother" type of house, but without them knowing which rooms are monitored and which rooms are not. Depending on how I'm able to fenagle to fine-print, I may have a few rooms they think are monitored (but are not), and a few rooms they think aren't monitored (but are).





In addition to this would be multible MBTI-type personality surveys, the kind so extensively non-sensical to the untrained mind as to be virtually unfalsifiable by them, filled out by all participants. Using several different types should permit detection of those who are checking boxes at random and those who are seriously trying to fill them out. Those who are just doing random checkboxing, they can be told that their duplicity has been detected and asked to do it again, or perhaps - depending on the aim of the experiment - told that the results of their tests were phenomenally interesting and asked to repeat a few.





I love the "human zoo" approach, it is most impressive. :-)
Reply:ethnographic. It's like you have to be there to experience.
Reply:And...?





Send out a quiz to see if people own up to being or knowing of some-one who is.
Reply:I would gather the research on the pathological lying that goes on with psychologists and the quality of their assessments.





For example, I was told by a psychologist that my daughter was "autistic" and needed "special school and therapy" (Read: lots of money). My sister (who is a teacher) visited my three year old daughter and told me that this was total bunk. Within 10 minutes, my sister had my daughter talking about the ducks they saw on TV. Then, on Thanksgiving, my sister bought my daughter little pilgrim people that my daughter played with all day and even had the little wax people kissing each other. At Christmas, my sister bought my daughter a flight attendant, plane and pilot set from playmobil. My daughter put absolutely all the dolls, animals, etc. in the plane to go to Italy with my family.





The well-paid "Psychologist" said that my daughter did not "do well" in creative play.





I said, "Thank you, doctor" and I promptly "mainstreamed" (his word, not mine) my daughter into another school. She is now doing GREAT at six, speaking two languages and telling me when I need to wear my glasses and need to "chill out."





So the recommendation is to study all the pathological liars that exist in professions who are trying to make more money.





I know my child is not the only case.