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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. Give 5 methods you would use, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

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This posting will look at what methodology would be best to gather the most accurate data in specialized groups of people such as pathological liars.

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1) Self report test done by the liar - this would be easy to do, but the person will have the ability to lie

2) You can poll their partners - this again wont be too difficult to do, but then the results between the two people would probably not match, so who do you believe ...

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