Constellation quasi-effect _ psychological explanation of constellation quasi-effect

Constellation analysis is actually the Barnum effect in psychology.

Barnum effect: It means that people are easily hinted by the outside world. When you are faced with a very vague personality description, you will involuntarily substitute it.

So why do some people think that constellation analysis is accurate?

First of all, the constellation screened out people who felt completely inaccurate or completely disbelieved, and the rest were people who were dubious or completely convinced.

Secondly, if we carefully observe the constellation analysis, each constellation only describes a part of people's complex psychology, which will be very vague and ambiguous.

Therefore, when some people see the matching or yearning personality characteristics, they will substitute them themselves, and the more they substitute, the more accurate they feel!

This is a psychological suggestion. The more you believe it, the more accurate it is.

But people are many-sided, and each constellation has a variety of different personality descriptions, and there is always one like you.

Therefore, I think constellation analysis is very accurate and normal, because these things are suitable for anyone.

Think about the time when you were most fascinated and fanatical about constellations. Is it in the second year of middle school or youth?

At this age, I will pay special attention to and be sensitive to who I am, my self-worth and the meaning of my life. I often know myself through self-seeking.

Therefore, the proportion of depression in this age group is relatively high, because they ask themselves again and again: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? If you can't find it, you will easily fall into depression.

Back to the constellation, it meets the needs of teenagers and young people who are looking for themselves and provides a platform to understand and know themselves (although it is pseudoscience, it can also be regarded as psychological comfort+establishing a common topic), so it is not surprising that it will be sought after and favored.