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Suggestibility: Suggestibility in psychology refers to the degree to which individuals accept and internalize ideas or information suggested by others. It involves the tendency to conform to others' opinions or incorporate misleading information into one's memory and beliefs. Suggestibility varies among individuals and can be influenced by factors like authority, persuasion techniques, and the individual's mental state or susceptibility. See also Beliefs, Thinking, Groupthink, Forensic interviews, Persuasion, Group dominance, Authority, Power, Conformity, Self.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Maggie Bruck on Suggestibility - Dictionary of Arguments

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Suggestibility/children/Ceci/Bruck: (Ceci & Bruck 1993)(1) attributed the re-emergence of the problem of false testimonies in psychological research to four factors:
1) increased admissibility of expert psychological testimony;
2) social scientists’ desire to conduct research on relevant issues of the time, including issues related to social activism such as civil rights;
3) the legal community’s search for data relating to child witnesses as a result of increases in the number of reported crimes involving child victims; and
4) lastly as a logical continuation of research on adult eyewitness testimony.
>Suggestibility/psychological theories
, >Suggestibility/social psychology, >Suggestibility/biological theories.
VsCeci/VsBruck: >Suggestibility/Myers.


1. Ceci, S. J., & Bruck, M. (1993). The suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 403–439.


Kelly McWilliams, Daniel Bederian-Gardner, Sue D. Hobbs, Sarah Bakanosky, and Gail S. Goodman, „Children’s Eyewitness Memory and Suggestibility. Revisiting Ceci and Bruck’s (1993) Review“, in: Alan M. Slater & Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.
Bruck, Maggie
Slater I
Alan M. Slater
Paul C. Quinn
Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012


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