Accepting personality test feedback: A review of the Barnum effect

1987/06/01 by Adrian Furnham, Sandra Schofield · 2 citations
Psychology · #Applied psychology #Clinical psychology #Personality #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Psychological Testing and Assessment #Psychology #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications #Social psychology #Test (biology)

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02686623

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Citations

• Wanted—a good cook-book.
• The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility.

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