Barnum effect

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• Barnum — can refer to: *Barnum, Iowa, a city in Iowa *Barnum, Minnesota, a city in Minnesota *Barnum Township, Minnesota, a township Carlton County, Minnesota *P. T. Barnum (Phineas T. Barnum), showman and a founder of Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey… …   Wikipedia

• Эффект Барнума (Barnum effect) — В обычных жизненных обстоятельствах большинство людей с готовностью принимают обобщенное описание личности за совершенно адекватное описание их собственных личностей. Такое описание может быть результатом астрологического и экстрасенсорного… …   Психологическая энциклопедия

• P. T. Barnum — Phineas Taylor Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum photo by Mathew Brady, c.1860 Born Phineas Taylor Barnum July 5, 1810(1810 07 05) Be …   Wikipedia

• Forer effect — The Forer effect (also called personal validation fallacy or the Barnum Effect after P. T. Barnum s observation that we ve got something for everyone ) is the observation that individuals will give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their… …   Wikipedia

• Effet Barnum — L effet Barnum (expression attribuée au psychologue Paul Meehl en référence aux talents de manipulateur de l homme de cirque Phineas Taylor Barnum), autrement appelé effet Forer ou effet puits par Henri Broch, effet de validation subjective ou… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Henry A. Barnum — Infobox Military Person name=Henry Alanson Barnum born= birth date|1833|9|24 died= death date and age|1892|1|29|1833|9|24 placeofbirth=Jamesville, New York placeofdeath=New York City, New York placeofburial= caption= General Barnum in his Army… …   Wikipedia

• Cold reading — This article is about the communication technique. For the theatrical training technique, see Cold reading (theatrical). Cold reading is a series of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune tellers, illusionists, and con artists to… …   Wikipedia

• Scientific phenomena named after people — This is a list of scientific phenomena and concepts named after people (eponymous phenomena). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym. NOTOC A* Abderhalden ninhydrin reaction Emil Abderhalden * Abney effect, Abney s law of additivity William de… …   Wikipedia

• Effet Forer — Effet Barnum L effet Barnum (expression attribuée au psychologue Paul Meehl en référence aux talents de manipulateur de l homme de cirque Phineas Taylor Barnum), autrement appelé effet Forer ou effet puits par Henri Broch, effet de validation… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Effet puits — Effet Barnum L effet Barnum (expression attribuée au psychologue Paul Meehl en référence aux talents de manipulateur de l homme de cirque Phineas Taylor Barnum), autrement appelé effet Forer ou effet puits par Henri Broch, effet de validation… …   Wikipédia en Français