Barnum effect

psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people
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"Barnum effect"@en
skos:altLabel
"Barnum – Forer effect"@en
"Forer effect"@en
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"psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-09-14T09:45:17+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
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wdt:P138 P. T. Barnum
Bertram Forer
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wdt:P279 confirmation bias
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