How gullible are you? : an examination of personality type and susceptibility

Research on personality type and susceptibility to suggestion has indicated a potential link between a person’s personality type and susceptibility. Unknown, however, are other factors potentially involved in susceptibility and how all of these variables interact to affect susceptibility to suggestion. The current study examines the differences between personality types and suggestibility to suggestion among students, and how they vary with gender, education level, religious beliefs, mood and belief of horoscopes to determine whether or not these factors influence how susceptible a person is. Personality types are either neurotic/stable or extraverted/introverted, and the extent to how gullible each personality type is examined by giving participants a real or fake horoscope and to judge its accuracy. Results indicate that certain personality types are not more susceptible to suggestion and that introverts and extraverts do not vary in their belief of horoscopes. Further research is needed in order to determine what makes a person more susceptible to suggestion.