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Indirect Suggestion as a Research Tool

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Suggestion and Suggestibility

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This paper proposes that methods of indirect suggestion can serve as tools in conducting research in various areas of psychology. These methods will be exemplified by an experiment in which we studied the effects of anticipation on behavior in an achievement-oriented situation. By having adopted ideas from the field of classical conditioning, we were able to induce and manipulate expectations about the difficulty of tasks in an indirect nonverbal manner.

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  1. H. Lachnit
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  1. Fachbereich Psychologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Otto-Behaghel-Straße 10, D-6300, Gießen, Germany

    Vladimir A. Gheorghiu  & Petra Netter  & 

  2. Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, Denmark Hill, London, S.E.5, Great Britain

    Hans J. Eysenck

  3. Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Robert Rosenthal (Professor of Social Psychology) (Professor of Social Psychology)

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Lachnit, H. (1989). Indirect Suggestion as a Research Tool. In: Gheorghiu, V.A., Netter, P., Eysenck, H.J., Rosenthal, R. (eds) Suggestion and Suggestibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73875-3_27

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