What is maieutics according to Socrates?

Socrates thought that, there are many convictions are wrong, and false, through questioning we can approach the truth.
The maieutics is a mode of colloquium, where the confirmations are replicated with questions, which tends to force the transmitter to extend and justify their ideas, in this way it can be corroborated if the ideas are truthful or are simple convictions, false beliefs , as Socrates defended the value of this theory, did not show enthusiasm, but simply preferred to converse and thought that through that knowledge was extended and extended, this idea was resumed by some other wise as his disciple Plato, Plato shared insights with Socrates, but especially, this idea did not complete it, and he took care to leave physical and written foundations, since Socrates did not complete many of his ideas.