The Barnum Effect: A psychological phenomenon that makes you addicted
What is the Barnum Effect?
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The Barnum effect is a psychological phenomenon in which people will highly identify with some vague, general, and universal personality descriptions, thinking that these descriptions are specially tailored for them, but in fact these descriptions can apply to many people. The name of the Barnum Effect comes from a famous American circus owner, Phineas Taylor Barnum ...