“Personal Validation:” Replication of Forer's Study
- 1 August 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 23 (1) , 181-182
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1968.23.1.181
Abstract
Using the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and a replication of Forer's procedure, ratings by a heterogeneous group of accuracy of vignettes as personality descriptions showed a marked disposition to regard descriptions as true.Keywords
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