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Attachment and suggestion-related phenomena
Tudor-Ştefan Rotaru1, Ion Dafinoiu
1a "Alexandru Ioan-Cuza" University of Iaşi , Romania.
Individuals with high attachment insecurity are less susceptible to suggestion in memory tasks. This finding offers insights into suggestion models and adult attachment theory.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
Background:
- Attachment styles influence social interactions and cognitive processes.
- Understanding suggestion requires examining individual differences in social cognition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between adult attachment styles and susceptibility to suggestion.
- To introduce a new classification of suggestion-related phenomena.
Main Methods:
- Employed three traditional experimental tasks: stimulus-misinformation, inkblot perception, and subjective estimation.
- Administered an adult attachment measure.
- Analyzed the influence of suggestion on memory recall.
Main Results:
- Participants with high attachment insecurity demonstrated less susceptibility to suggestion during memory recall compared to those with low insecurity.
- Findings were analyzed through the lens of suggestion models and adult attachment theory.
Conclusions:
- Attachment insecurity plays a role in modulating responses to simple suggestion.
- Results contribute to understanding social behavior models and attachment theory, with implications distinct from hypnotizability.
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