In our second session, we will focus on beliefs, particularly those related to personality attributes.
Our topic is the “Barnum effect,” a phenomenon where people tend to accept vague and generalized personality assessments as highly accurate (Snyder et al., 1977). This often occurs in practices like visiting mediums or believing in astrology.
We’ll begin by exploring the first documented instance of this phenomenon, followed by a classroom example. Finally, we’ll review a summarizing paper to tie everything together. This time, I admit that this topic and the selected papers are much simpler and more fun to discuss than the previous session. I strongly encourage you to join, especially if you’ve ever noticed this tendency in yourself!
After completing the readings, we’ll discuss the materials and your suggestions (if there are any) after the final week.
Materials for the second reading session can be found in the following drive folder, along with information specifying which pages to read:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BK8xOc8-JV6XlM49IKsCF5AC5NyjZz0a
Our meeting will be held on February 17, Monday, from 14:30 to 16:00 at AB2 110A (Social Cognition Lab)
For detailed information if you want to participate: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KIHHJ7LfgBoJb5O1E9SocU
