Forer asked his students to rate the statements in terms of how well it applied to them, on a scale of 0 for very poor accuracy to 5 for excellent accuracy.
The results? The students rated the personal accuracy of the statements as 4.3 out of 5 on average. That's impressive for a psychology test, isn't it?
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