Prinz Foxhound
Hello there!
I'm ARCA, as you can see in my signature
3nodding It realy, realy fits me! It's as if it's not made up.
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And thats
because of how humans are, all of this can be found in the scientific world of
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. This is also like this is real life, astrology in common.
It is called the
BARNUM-EFFECT after P. T. Barnum's observation that "we've got something for everyone".
the observation that individuals will give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically for them, but are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people
The Forer/Barnum effect can, assuming their actual falsity, provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some pseudosciences such as astrology and fortune telling, as well as many types of personality tests.
Later studies have found that subjects give higher accuracy ratings if the following are true:
* the subject believes that the analysis applies only to them
* the subject believes in the authority of the evaluator
* the analysis lists mainly positive traits
So
when you also BELIEVE in it, it becomes more and more your own reality, created by yourself, thats after all the world you and me live in.
I think this is quite an argument in the discussion of this matter!
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A post with some discussion. I adore you!
I'm afraid I don't have time to give you a very elaborate comeback at the moment, but I do agree. We designed this horoscope in good fun too and in no way are pretending to have special psychic star-reading powers. xD
We just hope people enjoy it, and they seem too. ^w^
In addition to the theory, we only get negative reactions about the halos, cauda diaboli and lepus crudus, because those three are less vague and also less positive than the other seven. It's a very noticable phenomenon, people don't like to hear bad things about themselves. xD
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