A polygraph examination of a suspected murderer included an assessment of his reaction to details regarding the victim's clothing and death wounds-details that would be known only to a person at the scene of the crime.The investigators were using
A) Appraisal.
B) the Spillover Effect.
C) the Concealed Information Test.
D) the Two-Factor Theory.

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The assessment of the suspect's reaction to details that would only be known by the perpetrator is known as the Concealed Information Test, which is a type of polygraph test specifically designed to detect deception through the examination of physiological responses to details about the crime known only by the perpetrator. The other options, such as appraisal, spillover effect, and the two-factor theory, do not specifically relate to this type of testing.

A Polygraph Examination of a Suspected Murderer Included an Assessment