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Barnum effect

Writer: Clara
Clara
Jul 21, 2019
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Updated: Jul 27, 2019

Barnum Effect, also called Forer Effect, in psychology, the phenomenon that occurs when individuals believe that personality descriptions apply specifically to them (more so than to other people), despite the fact that the description is actually filled with information that applies to everyone. (From https://www.britannica.com/science/Barnum-Effect.)


 
 
 

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