Psychologically, what is the effect of sitting in the right place with the constellation?

It's called the Barnum effect. People often think that a generalization and general description of personality reveals their own characteristics very accurately, which is called "Barnum effect" in psychology. Such as constellations, and some fortune-telling and so on. . "Barnum effect" refers to a psychological tendency, that is, people are easily hinted by external information, which leads to the deviation of self-cognition, and think that a general and general personality description reveals their own characteristics very accurately. A psychologist has done this experiment. After he completed the Minneapolis Multiphasic Personality Questionnaire (MMPI) for a group of people, he presented two results for participants to judge which one was his own. In fact, one is the result of the participants themselves and the other is the average result of most people's answers. Participants actually thought that the latter expressed their personality characteristics more accurately.

This study tells us that it is easy to convince everyone that a general personality description is particularly suitable for him. Even though this description is empty, he still thinks it reflects his personality. There was once a psychologist who used a common sentence that was suitable for almost anyone to let college students judge whether it was suitable for them. Results Most college students think that this sentence describes themselves in detail and accurately.

The following paragraph is the material of psychologists. Do you think it suits you too?

You really need others to like and respect you. You tend to criticize yourself. You have many abilities that can be your strengths, but you also have some shortcomings, but you can usually overcome them. You have some difficulties in communicating with the opposite sex. Although you look calm on the outside, you are really anxious on the inside. You sometimes doubt whether the decision you made or the thing you did was correct. You like some changes in your life and hate being limited. You are proud of being able to think independently, and you won't accept other people's suggestions without sufficient evidence. You think it unwise to expose yourself too much in front of others. Sometimes you are outgoing, kind and sociable, and sometimes you are introverted, cautious and silent. Some of your ambitions are often unrealistic.