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==Definition==

==Definition==

*1: readiness or willingness to [[believe]] especially on slight or [[uncertain]] [[evidence]]

*1: readiness or willingness to [[believe]] especially on slight or [[uncertain]] [[evidence]]

Credulity is not simply belief in something that may be [[false]]. The subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good [[evidence]].  

Credulity is not simply belief in something that may be [[false]]. The subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good [[evidence]].  

The words [[gullible]] and credulous are commonly used as synonyms. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credulity#CITEREFGoeppKay1984 Goepp & Kay (1984)] state that while both [[words]] mean "unduly [[trusting]] or confiding", gullibility stresses being duped or made a [[fool]] of, suggesting a lack of [[intelligence]], whereas credulity stresses uncritically forming beliefs, suggesting a lack of [[skepticism]]. Jewell (2006) states the [[difference]] is a matter of [[degree]]: the gullible are "the easiest to [[deceive]]", while the credulous are "a little too quick to believe something, but they usually aren't stupid enough to [[act]] on it."

The words [[gullible]] and credulous are commonly used as synonyms. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credulity#CITEREFGoeppKay1984 Goepp & Kay (1984)] state that while both [[words]] mean "unduly [[trusting]] or confiding", gullibility stresses being duped or made a [[fool]] of, suggesting a lack of [[intelligence]], whereas credulity stresses uncritically forming beliefs, suggesting a lack of [[skepticism]]. Jewell (2006) states the [[difference]] is a matter of [[degree]]: the gullible are "the easiest to [[deceive]]", while the credulous are "a little too quick to believe something, but they usually aren't stupid enough to [[act]] on it."

Yamagishi, Kikuchi & Kosugi (1999) characterize a ''gullible'' person as one who is both credulous and [[naïve]]. Greenspan (2009) stresses the distinction that gullibility involves an [[action]] in addition to a belief, and there is a [[cause-effect]] [[relationship]] between the two states: "gullible outcomes typically come about through the [[exploitation]] of a [[victim]]'s ''credulity''.

Yamagishi, Kikuchi & Kosugi (1999) characterize a ''gullible'' person as one who is both credulous and [[naïve]]. Greenspan (2009) stresses the distinction that gullibility involves an [[action]] in addition to a belief, and there is a [[cause-effect]] [[relationship]] between the two states: "gullible outcomes typically come about through the [[exploitation]] of a [[victim]]'s ''credulity''.