PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Barnum Effect, Cold Reading, Apperception

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Penelope Kostopoulos

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Now its often used for matching individuals with professions. Major downfall : results change over time - low retest reliability. Projective tests - when u see an ambiguous stimulus and you interpret it example : This test is given 6 million times a year. Problem : there are other things that influence what the individual will interpret. Low consistency, low reliability, meaning the test isn"t actually useful. Good because its harder for people to malinger. Thematic apperception test : you show someone an ambiguous scene and have the individual come up with a story for it. Projective tests are low reliability, even though they are used frequently. Shows where u buy a ticket and then they get information about you from about a week in advance of the show: barnum statements - blanket statements that sound individual but they apply to mostly anyone.