Why Was I So Gullible?

Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross
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Hardship Makes You More Gullible According to a 2006 University of Leicester Study, Those Who Suffered More Tragedy and Hardship While They Were Growing up Are...

Why Was I So Gullible?

Hardship Makes You More Gullible
According to a 2006 University of Leicester study, those who suffered more tragedy and hardship while they were growing up are more likely to be gullible later in life. For example, they may succumb to peer pressure more, be more easily misled by others or more influenced by the media.

What causes a person to be gullible?

Gullibility occurs because we have evolved to deal with information using two fundamentally different systems, according to Nobel Prize winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman. System 1 thinking is fast, automatic, intuitive, uncritical and promotes accepting anecdotal and personal information as true.

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What does it mean if your gullible?

English Language Learners Definition of gullible

: easily fooled or cheated especially : quick to believe something that is not true. See the full definition for gullible in the English Language Learners Dictionary. gullible. adjective. gull·​ible | \ ˈgə-lə-bəl \

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