This is a phenomenon where a person accepts a particular statement about their personality as true or accurate because they think that that statement specifically characterize them, not knowing that this can also applies to anyone. These statements are mostly vague and are being utilize by astrologers, fortune tellers, or even personality tests.
But I don’t really mind those tests (e.g., MBTI), they’re fun but I don’t take them seriously (not Koreans though). I took it 2 times: first I was INTJ, then INTP.
Other names:
- Forer effect
- Barnum-Forer effect