Pages Tagged with #barnum_effect

Astrology: Do Observed Positions of the Planets Influence Our Lives in Mystical Ways?, in the following sections:

• Astrology: Do Observed Positions of the Planets Influence Our Lives in Mystical Ways?: 3.3. The Forer/Barnum Effect (The Abuse of Psychology)
• Top of page / intro

Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience and Health, in the following sections:

• Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience and Health: 3.4. The Forer (Barnum) Effect
• Alternative Medicine, Pseudoscience and Health: 4.2. Astrological Readings and Horoscopes

Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths, in the following sections:

• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 1.3. The Forer (or Barnum) Effect
• Errors in Thinking: Cognitive Errors, Wishful Thinking and Sacred Truths: 1.4. Wishful Thinking

Spiritualism: 4.3. The Forer (Barnum) Effect