Should I Believe in Constellations _ Should I Believe in Constellations?

Whether the constellation is true or not, why can it be easily believed and how to explain it psychologically?

Constellations are fake and can't be easily believed, because people who believe are often young people in their teens and twenties. These young people often show self-growth and lack of social experience, trying to distinguish themselves from complex human nature in a complex society through simple labels. Judging from the psychological explanation and belief of constellation culture, there are indeed many psychological principles at work.

(1) Know yourself and show your needs. Eriksson believes that in adolescence (12~20 years old), the important problems faced by teenagers are to establish their own three views (outlook on life, values and world view) and circle of friends, to clarify their own advantages and disadvantages, to find their future development goals and careers of interest, and to unify their various characteristics. If you can't develop your own identity, you will face the crisis of role confusion and "who am I?"

Constellation culture can just let teenagers "know" their own personality, advantages and disadvantages, suitable occupation and ideal lover standard, and can meet the needs of teenagers in the confused period to know themselves. Take Aries as an example, the constellation culture will tell them: "You are passionate, impulsive and naive (personality); Energetic, adventurous, cheerful and optimistic, but also selfish, impulsive and impatient (advantages and disadvantages); Suitable for being an athlete, entrepreneur and soldier (occupation); Your goddess is cheerful, optimistic and charming (the standard of ideal lover). Such clear suggestions can just meet the cognitive needs of teenagers.

Moreover, many people have the illusion of "marrying Bai to the peak of their lives". According to the positive evaluation of "unconditional acceptance of words" and "positive role model fallacy effect", he is cheerful, optimistic and energetic, suitable for being an entrepreneur, and easy to be believed and accepted by young people who are ambitious and need positive energy; Negative comments such as selfishness and impulsiveness will also be selectively ignored. In this way, it is not surprising that the confident constellation culture is believed by many people.

(2) the need for interpersonal communication. When they meet some new friends or want to meet an unfamiliar person, many people will label them with constellation personality analysis: Aries is "passionate, impulsive and naive"; Virgo is meticulous and pursues perfection. This stereotype helps us to understand others quickly and save cognitive resources.

In addition, the trend of friends circle and media communication is also very important. Psychology believes that the environment has a strong shaping effect on people. We are likely to have herd mentality: influenced by the behavior of others, we adjust our ideas and behaviors to conform to the behavior of most people. If all the friends around us are playing horoscopes, counting love and career fortune, and we often talk about this when we meet, then in order to increase the conversation with friends and not be excluded from the circle of friends, we will naturally believe and discuss horoscopes culture. In addition, if our favorite magazines and websites often promote constellation testing, we are likely to pay more attention to constellation culture.

Even people who don't believe in constellations and just discuss them to cater to their friends will change their views on constellations after a while. There is a phenomenon of "self-fulfilling prophecy" in psychology: the expectations and behaviors of others will also affect our thoughts, so that we can slowly move closer to the direction of others' expectations, thus realizing this expectation. If we can get the love and admiration of our friends through the discussion of constellation culture, then according to the operating conditions, we may also think that the constellation is helpful to us, and we will gradually like the constellation culture and discuss the constellation more, so as to get the attention of our friends (positive reinforcement).

(3) the need of faith. Constellation culture is actually a way to solve "confusion, not knowing what to do" and "no direction, not knowing what to do", and it is a spiritual sustenance that gives people a sense of guidance and certainty. When love is facing a crisis and you don't know how to deal with it, you can check this month's XX love fortune and get a guide. If you are not sure what direction you should choose to work, you can also check the matching career of this constellation to help you make a decision. In this way, under great pressure, we will not feel desperate and helpless because we have no direction to solve the problem.

These fortunes and solutions are actually universal and applicable to many situations ("You have a big emotional fluctuation this month, and you have a dispute with your lover, so you need to manage your emotions and communicate well"). There will definitely be friction between couples, and they all need emotional management and good communication. According to Barnum effect, we will believe that these generalizations and general descriptions are accurately revealing our own characteristics.

When couples successfully resolve conflicts according to these instructions, they will regard the constellation as a "hero", believe in the constellation culture more, and discuss the constellation culture more. Over time, even though many people put forward various opinions against the constellation culture and think that the constellation is deceptive, according to the confirmatory prejudice, these deep-seated constellation culture lovers will still believe their experiences and ignore the opposition.

(4) Constellation culture originates from astrology and is easily mistaken for science. Astrology uses the position and movement changes of celestial bodies to explain things. Constellation culture developed from astrology has a certain historical origin, which may be regarded as "authority" by many people and then convinced.