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Post-UTME English Language 2012 Objective — Question 5

Question 5 of 40 from the Post-UTME Screening (Post-UTME) English Language 2012 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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From the findings of the research described in the passage, one can reason that

  • A. innocent people maintain longer eye contact than the guilty ones
  • B. guilty people make less frequent gazes during interrogationCorrect
  • C. 'shifty eyes' are equally induced by innocence and guilt
  • D. a feeling of guilt is occasioned by 'shifty eyes'

Explanation

Subjects who cheated met the interviewer's eyes less often than normal, showing guilty people avoid eye contact (fewer gazes).

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