Investigation of the Responses of ‘Fakers’ and ‘Non-Fakers’ on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS)

Abstract

This paper looks at the quantitative and qualitative responses of ‘fakers’ and ‘non-fakers’ on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS). It was hypothesized that ‘fakers’ would show: (a) less consistency between different parts of the scale than ‘non-fakers’ and (b) more confabulation. The hypotheses were confirmed: memory was' found to be easier to fake than suggestibility.