Barnum Statements in Reports of Psychological Assessment
- 1 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 44 (3_suppl) , 1215-1221
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1979.44.3c.1215
Abstract
Barnum concepts have previously been studied in an experimental paradigm requiring deception and identical personality data for each subject. Three replications of a reliable methodology for identifying Barnum and non-Barnum concepts in actual psychological reports based on Rorschach data suggested some in-context dimensions of Barnum concepts. In addition, the acceptability of different kinds of concepts to assessees in a feedback procedure was related to favorability of concept. The adequacy and relevance of the traditional methodology were discussed.Keywords
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