Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Some People Will Believe Anything A common reference point as to why people believe the advice of psychics and astrologers - not to mention many other nice things said about them - is the "Barnum Effect." Named after P.T. Barnum, the Barnum Effect is based upon his famous saying "There's a sucker born every minute." The Barnum Effect is not just a reference to people's gullibility, however, but specifically to people's predilection to believe positive statements about themselves, even when there is no particular reason to do so. It is an issue of selectively noticing the things which are preferable while ignoring those things which are not. Studies of how people receive astrological predictions have revealed the influence of the Barnum Effect. For example, C.R. Snyder and R.J. Shenkel published an article in the March, 1975, issue of Psychology Today about a study of astrology which they performed on college students. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Bonjour Monsieur Mendes, Pourriez-vous me donner le lien avec le jyotish, s'il vous plaît? -- Cordialement, François paulo mendes wrote: > Some People Will Believe Anything > A common reference point as to why people believe the advice of > psychics and astrologers - not to mention many other nice things said > about them - is the "Barnum Effect." Named after P.T. Barnum, the > Barnum Effect is based upon his famous saying "There's a sucker born > every minute." > > The Barnum Effect is not just a reference to people's gullibility, > however, but specifically to people's predilection to believe > positive statements about themselves, even when there is no > particular reason to do so. It is an issue of selectively noticing > the things which are preferable while ignoring those things which are > not. Studies of how people receive astrological predictions have > revealed the influence of the Barnum Effect. > > For example, C.R. Snyder and R.J. Shenkel published an article in the > March, 1975, issue of Psychology Today about a study of astrology > which they performed on college students. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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