THE CONTROL QUESTION TECHNIQUE IN VOCATIONAL SEARCH

10 men and 16 women, randomly assigned to a guilty and an innocent condition, were presented a set of 10 Control Question Technique questions as a paper-and-pencil test. Subjects indicated up to three questions about which they felt most concern. Analysis indicated guilty subjects were more concerned about relevant questions and innocent subjects about control questions. This controversial Control Question Technique, commonly used in interrogative polygraphy, can be successfully applied in a vocational search context. It was suggested that the rationale underlying the procedure corresponds to a broader phenomenon than the polygraph examination.