The Barnum Effect is also sometimes called the Forer Effect, after psychologist Bertram Forer.In 1948, he administered a fake psychology test to 39 of his psychology students.
One week later, Forer gave each student a purportedly individualised results sheet, and asked each of them to rate it on how well it applied to them. This was the list of statements in the sheet:
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The Barnum effect is also called the Forer effect. Bertram Forer used a fake psychology test on his students then gave them supposedly individualised results a week later. He asked them to rate how well it applied to them. The students rated the accuracy of the statements at an average of 4.3...
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