Barnum effect
noun
mass noun
- Psychology the tendency to accept as true types of information such as character assessments or horoscopes, even when the information is so vague as to be worthless【心理】巴纳姆效应。
词源
named after P. T. BARNUM; the word Barnum was in use from the mid 19th cent. as a noun in the sense 'nonsense， humbug'.