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Cold Reading VS Fairytale - READ IF YOU ARE NEW
HornetKick:
You forgot to add Barnum Statements/Effects that goes along with cold readings.
The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, that are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, aura reading, and some types of personality tests.
These characterizations are often used by practitioners as a con-technique to convince victims that they are endowed with a paranormal gift. Because the assessment statements are so vague, people interpret their own meaning, thus the statement becomes "personal" to them. Also, individuals are more likely to accept negative assessments of themselves if they perceive the person presenting the assessment as a high-status professional.
The wiki overview section is a good read as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
HornetKick:
Yep...that 'keep me posted' line will keep you in the loop or you'll call back to see why such and such hasn't happened only to be told there has been some sort of delay.
flora0250:
--- Quote from: HornetKick on January 28, 2019, 11:02:48 PM ---You forgot to add Barnum Statements/Effects that goes along with cold readings.
The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, that are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, aura reading, and some types of personality tests.
These characterizations are often used by practitioners as a con-technique to convince victims that they are endowed with a paranormal gift. Because the assessment statements are so vague, people interpret their own meaning, thus the statement becomes "personal" to them. Also, individuals are more likely to accept negative assessments of themselves if they perceive the person presenting the assessment as a high-status professional.
The wiki overview section is a good read as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
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Yah! This is what I was trying to inadequately explain :)
jhuskindle:
--- Quote from: HornetKick on January 28, 2019, 11:02:48 PM ---You forgot to add Barnum Statements/Effects that goes along with cold readings.
The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, that are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, aura reading, and some types of personality tests.
These characterizations are often used by practitioners as a con-technique to convince victims that they are endowed with a paranormal gift. Because the assessment statements are so vague, people interpret their own meaning, thus the statement becomes "personal" to them. Also, individuals are more likely to accept negative assessments of themselves if they perceive the person presenting the assessment as a high-status professional.
The wiki overview section is a good read as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
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This is PERFECT! And great example of what I mean.
I have also heard of the gifting free minutes to secure return clients, but I always thought of it as a marketing technique and now I am thinking it is also part of their cold read techniques.
Yes yes yes.
Dreamer23:
I made another post about this, but something that I get all the time is: POI is too busy with work, doesn't want a relationship. POI has actually never told me those words himself. But I get this a lot in readings.
95% of the time I get something like: POI cares about you, misses you, thinks of you all the time, there is a lot of chemistry, attraction, etc etc and then comes the ... but ... he is scared, he is busy, etc etc
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