Know how people love “personalized” descriptions of themselves that are actually vague, broad, and apply to pretty much everyone?
Evidently it’s an established feature of human psychology: the Forer effect. Love it.
Evidently it’s an established feature of human psychology: the Forer effect. Love it.
Very cool! Never heard of that. Thanks for sharing. Speaking of deception, here’s one I recently saw on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anscombe%27s_quartet
Pretty sure that only applies to people who have some strengths but are interested in getting over the hump soon.