Why are some people good at fortune telling?

(1) The psychological research of Barnum effect shows that it is easy for people to believe a general and general description of personality and think that this description is particularly suitable for them. In psychology, this psychological tendency is called Barnum effect. Barnum effect is very common in life. For example, a fortune teller's innocuous words often convince those who ask for help. In fact, these words are suitable for most people. In addition, those who go to fortune-telling have the characteristics of being easily hinted. As long as the fortune-teller tries to figure out the inner feelings of the help-seekers, the help-seekers will immediately feel that the fortune-teller is "very accurate". (2) Selectivity of Perception People's surroundings are complex and diverse. It is impossible for the brain to perceive all kinds of things at the same time, but it always selectively takes those novel things as the objects of perception. This phenomenon is called perceptual selectivity. In the process of fortune telling, fortune tellers will make bold predictions about the future of individuals, and these predictions sometimes have a sensational effect and attract people's attention. If the truth is told, it will spread widely, and people will say that fortune-telling is really clever; If it is not accurate, people will say that the fortune teller is not at home. In fact, spirit and ineffectiveness are the result of people's selective perception of those mysterious small probability events and generalizing them. (3) Psychologically, people who tell fortune are generally in the midst of hesitation and hesitation in life, facing the choice of life. They need to gain self-confidence by gaining others' affirmation, so as to gain strong spiritual support. At this time, fortune tellers "guide the maze" through their own life experience, satisfy their psychological expectations, give them confidence and courage, make them tend to be positive, eliminate their worries, and finally make a certain breakthrough in life. It can be said that fortune tellers actually use psychological hints to motivate people who are in a state of confusion. Once the help-seekers work hard and succeed under the psychological suggestion, they will think that the fortune teller is very accurate and grateful for it. In a sense, this is one of the reasons why fortune tellers are endless for thousands of years. In a word, a person's "destiny" is not calculated by a fortune teller, but is influenced by many factors, such as internal and external factors. Only through our unremitting efforts can we reach the other side of success.