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From the page: "Way back in 1949, B. R. Forer published an article (Forer, B.R., The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom study of gullibility. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 44, pp. 118-123), in which he described an experiment with 39 undergraduate psychology students... more
Reviewed by Vyomukesh Apr 28 2007, 10:13am ( 82 reviews ) • bluewin.ch
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Rated by ElviraMM on Nov 01, 11:53am
Well..it's funny, but it's really true: "You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself"
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Reviewed by cstravagante on Jul 12, 7:14pm
I really don't understand all of these thumbs downs. This might be one of my all-time favorite stumbles. I don't see this as a test of gullibility, but rather as - sorry for the cheese- a reminder that all humans, though we live in such disparate circumstances, share so many personality traits.
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Rated by cemicolin on Oct 13 2008, 3:39pm
i don't like coffee OR tea. this test fails
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Rated by Phiducial on Feb 06 2008, 4:02pm
that's insane!! lolol.
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Rated by Weaksauce21 on Jan 30 2008, 8:34am
Was kinda obvious that the statements were general enough to apply to almost anyone.
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Rated by urbycoz3 on Jan 04 2008, 2:00pm
The point being made was pretty easy to second-guess a mile off. But still interesting.
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Rated by Kelseyg on Dec 12 2007, 8:33pm
It was kind of annoying to have to click through the assessment just to read about the research when the outcome was immediately obvious. I don't like it when tests assume my gullibility to try to prove a point to me. Did anyone actually fall for this?
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Rated by KeitShifter on Nov 29 2007, 2:14pm
Oh, you HAVE to try this one! :D "...But before telling you what the Barnum effect is all about, let's do a quick test (less than 5 minutes) that will allow you to get a better insight in who you really are and how you function."
