What Is the Generation Effect?

The Barnum effect means that it is easy for people to believe in a general and general personality description, and that it is particularly suitable for them and accurately reveals their personality characteristics, even if the content is empty.

Psychologist Bertram Forer conducted a study on students in 1948

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Fortune tellers in traditional astrology and astrology often use the Barnum effect to come to their conclusions and seduce more people to find him. Generally speaking, those who ask for fortune tellers have a lot of fate and low emotions, and they are often frustrated by life. They lose their sense of security, and they are easy to accept the hint of fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are good at using the "general and general personality description" in the Barnum effect to try to figure out each other's inner feelings, to say some ambiguous past judgments and future predictions, and to use words to generalize and abstract, which are common in life. Generally common. Because fortune tellers often regard fortune tellers as prophets, messengers of God, when

Barnum's effect is common in the personality test and decision-making of college students, which deeply affects their behavioral decision-making and cannot maximize the utility of decision-making. Therefore, it is of great significance and value to study the coping strategies of Barnham effect. If the opposite is considered, it can effectively deal with the Barnum effect and avoid its adverse effects ^[4] .

Considering opposites refers to the method of considering opposites about beliefs, assumptions, opinions, results, etc. when searching and processing information. It can not only make college students think more comprehensively, but also help college students to be more cautious when making judgments and decisions. If a researcher divides the subjects into 3 groups and read the descriptions related to their personality. After reading, ask the group 1 subjects to list examples consistent with the description; group 2 subjects list examples that are inconsistent with the personality statement; group 3 subjects also list examples that are consistent and inconsistent with the personality statement. Participants were then asked to evaluate how well the description fits their situation. It was found that the first group was significantly higher than the other two groups, the third group was significantly higher than the second group, and the second group showed a lower Barnum effect ^[4] .