tertiary suggestibility

the easy, uncritical acceptance by an individual of another person’s recommendation because of social pressure or the prestige of the person making the recommendation. Compare primary suggestibility; secondary suggestibility. [proposed by Hans Eysenck]

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May 8th 2024

manoptoscope

n. a hollow cone used for measuring eye dominance. The observer views a small target by placing the base of the cone near the eyes and then viewing the target through the small end of the cone while closing first one eye and then the other. The eye through which the target is actually seen is the dominant eye.