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Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale  

Definition

  • A study method of interrogative suggestibility.

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Synonym(s)

  • GSS
  • GSS1
  • GSS2

Scope note

  • "The Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (Gudjonsson, 1984) is a memory-related instrument that assesses individual differences in interrogative suggestibility (there are two parallel forms, GSS 1 and GSS 2). This test involves reading a narrative paragraph to a subject, who then recalls the story, immediately and after a brief delay, and answers 20 memory questions including 15 that are subtly misleading. After receiving feedback indicating that he or she made several errors, the subject is retested, presumably for the purpose of obtaining a higher level of accuracy. Through this test-retest paradigm, researchers can measure the extent to which subjects exhibit a general shift in memory, as well as a tendency to yield to misleading questions in the first and second tests. Added together, these two scores are used to determine a subject’s Total Suggestibility" (Kassin et Gudjonsson, 2004, p. 19).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Corson, Y., & Verrier, N. (2013). Les faux souvenirs. De Boeck.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Gudjonsson, G. H. (1984). A new scale of interrogative suggestibility. Personality and Individual Differences, 5(3), 303–314. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(84)90069-2

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Kassin, S. M., & Gudjonsson, G. H. (2004). The psychology of confessions: A review of the literature and issues. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 5(2), 33–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-1006.2004.00016.x

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: free

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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