Constellations are typical pseudo-psychology? What is the principle behind people's beliefs?

Constellation has always been a mysterious term. When people mention constellations, they usually have three ideas.

One is that they believe in constellations and think they are too accurate.

One is dubious, and it is quite interesting to talk about the constellation as a resource.

One is a staunch skeptic, who thinks it is absurd to be a constellation.

So who is right? In fact, from the psychological point of view, constellation is the most widely spread pseudo-psychology.

The so-called pseudo-psychology refers to those systems that look like psychology, but actually have no factual basis.

Then we'll look at the constellations. In fact, many constellation theories are unconvincing. Thousands of years ago, Babylonians, one of the cradles of ancient civilization, invented the zodiac, and the constellations developed on this basis. Different from people's constant verification, disproof and revision of scientific theories, the theoretical core of constellations has remained basically unchanged since its birth.

Since the birth of the constellation, the position of the zodiac has moved by a "constellation".

In short, constellations are not "scientific"

But strangely, why do most people think constellations are smart? Do you think personality and constellation match very accurately?

In fact, everyone's recognition of constellations is a typical uncritical acceptance behavior. Accepting a statement uncritically means that people tend to believe it when it seems right or makes everyone happy. In fact, the magic weapon of the constellation is to say more flattering words, such as the description of Sagittarius:

"Sagittarius advocates freedom, is brave and decisive, and has a strong spirit of going forward. No matter how difficult it is, you can do it if you want to, and your perseverance and self-confidence are hard to be knocked down. Sagittarius men love freedom and hate being bound. Sagittarius women are simple and direct, not calculating, but willful. "

Of course, I am a Sagittarius myself, so seeing freedom, decisiveness and independence, wow, are all positive words. I am really happy, so I will choose to believe from the perspective of uncritically accepting.

The second principle is to confirm bias.

Because in some constellation theories, there is not only a good side, but also a bad side, but why do people still believe it?

You might as well read the following passage first:

"You are a man of pursuit. Many times, you like to think quietly, restrain and calm alone. But at the same time, you are also happy to socialize and do something positive. Although you are not very satisfied with your present situation, people around you think you are an excellent person worth learning. You are an optimist by nature. You can always see the bright side of a problem, but sometimes you get depressed and fall into a whirlpool of sadness. Your manners are natural and generous, but sometimes you have childish behavior. You don't want to open your heart to most people, but in front of people you know and trust, you will communicate with them without obstacles! "

Well, if you have finished reading it, I can tell you responsibly that it took me 2-3 minutes to make up the above paragraph. Did I poke you?

Ha ha ha, don't hit me in a hurry. If you look carefully here, you will find that I used a one-sided idea. For example, when you say that you are a generous person, you also say that you have a childish side. Because confirmation bias refers to the perceptual error caused by people only paying attention to the information that meets their expectations and ignoring other information, you are likely to only remember what you expect to see and choose to believe it. Therefore, no matter who comes to see it, they can see what they expect.