Gullibility as a scientific concept does not currently feature prominently in social psychology
research, and one would search in vain the subject indexes of many social psychology�…

Gullibility seems to be a fundamental characteristic of human beings. Although the ability to
share information with others is one the major evolutionary achievements of our species, this�…

The aim of this research was to explore the predictors of gullibility and to develop a self-
report measure of the construct. In Studies 1 to 3, exploratory and confirmatory factor�…

A long tradition of scholarship, from ancient Greece to Marxism or some contemporary social
psychology, portrays humans as strongly gullible—wont to accept harmful messages by�…

How does affect influence gullibility? After a brief consideration of the nature of gullibility, I
describe a series of experiments that explored the prediction that in situations in which close�…

The present research examines the relationship between populist attitudes—that construe
society as a struggle between the “corrupt elites” versus the “noble people”—and beliefs in�…

People who strongly endorse conspiracy theories often proclaim to be rational skeptics and
“critical freethinkers” who “just ask questions.” Indeed, many well-known conspiracy theories�…

The epigraph above encapsulates a popular sentiment: when people hold misbeliefs (“a
false belief, or at least a belief that is not correct in all particulars,” McKay & Dennett, 2009, p�…

In this chapter, we consider the factors that attract people toward conspiracy theories and
also consider whether or not belief in conspiracy theories is a sign of gullibility. We first�…

Machiavellianism is a personality trait emphasizing fraud at others' expense. It is yet unclear
whether Machiavellianism is also predictive of less obvious deception, for example�…