Editing Suggestibility (section)

==Other cases==
It is claimed that sufferers of [[posttraumatic stress disorder|post-traumatic stress disorder]] and [[dissociative identity disorder]] (DID) are particularly suggestible.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Controversial Diagnosis|journal = Psychiatry |volume = 6|issue = 3|pages = 24–29|last=Gillig|first=Paulette Marie|date=6 March 2009|pmc = 2719457|pmid = 19724751}}</ref> While it is true that DID sufferers tend to score to the higher end of the hypnotizability scale, there have not been enough studies done to support the claim of increased suggestibility.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Montgomery|first1=Guy H.|last2=Schnur|first2=Julie B.|last3=David|first3=Daniel|date=July 2011|title=The Impact of Hypnotic Suggestibility in Clinical Care Settings|journal=International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis|volume=59|issue=3|pages=294–309|doi=10.1080/00207144.2011.570656|pmid=21644122|pmc=3731942|issn=0020-7144}}</ref>

Aspects of [[Conformity (psychology)|crowd dynamics]] and [[Crowd psychology|mob behavior]], as well as the phenomenon of [[groupthink]] are further examples of suggestibility.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Common examples of suggestible behavior in everyday life include "contagious [[yawn]]ing" (multiple people begin to yawn after observing a person yawning) and the [[medical student syndrome]] (a person begins to experience symptoms of an illness after reading or hearing about it). [[Placebo]] response is also thought to be based on individual differences in suggestibility, at least in part. Suggestible individuals may be more responsive to various forms of alternative health practices that seem to rely upon patient belief in the intervention more than on any known mechanism. Studies of effects of health interventions can be enhanced by controlling for individual differences in suggestibility. A search of the ''Mental Measurements Yearbook''<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Nineteen forty mental measurements yearbook|last=Buros, Oscar Krisen, 1905–1978.|date=1972|publisher=Gryphon Press|isbn=0-910674-13-2|oclc=222605312}}</ref> shows no extant psychological test for this personality characteristic. The [[Gudjonsson suggestibility scale]] is questionable for this kind of purpose due to its narrow focus. In addition to health-related implications, persons who are highly suggestible may be prone to making poor judgments because they did not process suggestions critically and falling prey to emotion-based advertising.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Angela Y. |last2=Keller |first2=Punam Anand |last3=Sternthal |first3=Brian |date=February 2010 |title=Value from Regulatory Construal Fit: The Persuasive Impact of Fit between Consumer Goals and Message Concreteness |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/605591 |journal=Journal of Consumer Research |volume=36 |issue=5 |pages=735–747 |doi=10.1086/605591 |issn=0093-5301}}</ref>