As an eternal game, astrology has always been widely welcomed by young people, especially women. Constellations contain rich contents, including the judgment of different types of people's personalities, the judgment of fitness between constellations, the judgment of fortune and so on. The ancient astrology theory and the existing astrology can't be said to be completely fabricated, but we still can't believe it all. How credible is it to judge a person's character only by the date of birth? In particular, a considerable part of them use psychological knowledge, and when you understand it, you don't want to believe that anymore.
Today we will learn about the psychology contained in astrology.
0 1 Barnum effect
A typical example of this is astrology.
People are as good as Qian Qian, everyone has his temper and personality, and nothing is exactly the same. But astrology generally divides people's personalities into twelve categories and tells you that you are such a person. Then we believed it.
No matter you are warm and cheerful, you are Capricorn, and your personality should be steady and restrained; Whether you are enthusiastic or not, as long as you are a Scorpio, you should bear grudges crazily. It sounds wonderful, but after you think about it, you are surprised to find that your personality is really like this, and you begin to agree with this view.
This is the famous Barnum effect.
It is a psychological phenomenon proved by psychologist bertram Fowler in 1948. Named after barnum, a miscellaneous technician, I believe it is easy for everyone to believe that a general personality description is especially suitable for him. Even if this description is empty, I still think it reflects my character, even if I am not such a person at all.
Remember the early romance magazines? For example, Boys and Girls often has a page about constellations and blood types. It makes sense to analyze what kind of person you are in large sections, so that even you think you should be like this.
Is the embodiment of this effect.
Projective identity
Maybe you came into contact with astrology when your cognition of yourself is still in a chaotic stage. In order to plan your own personality image, you accepted it, and finally it really became this personality. You smugly thought that the prediction was true.
In fact, you are a routine.
Projective identity is one of the important concepts of psychoanalysis, which was first put forward by Klein. In the object relation theory of psychoanalysis, projective identity is a behavior pattern that induces others to make limited responses. It originated from a person's internal relationship model (that is, the interaction model between the parties and their important caregivers in the early years, internalized as a part of themselves) and placed it in the field of real interpersonal relationships.
In other words, people's expectations of you are recognized by you, and slowly you will really become like that.
Halo effect
It must not be a good girl who dyes her hair and tattoos?
Good-looking people must not be too bad?
That man looks fierce. He must be a bad guy.
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Have you ever done anything like labeling people?
Actually, it's okay to admit it frankly. We always want to avoid prejudice, but it is difficult to restrain prejudice against someone or something. This is also a psychological effect-halo effect. It is in interpersonal communication that one aspect of a person's characteristics conceals other characteristics, thus causing obstacles to interpersonal cognition. In daily life, the "halo effect" often quietly affects our cognition and evaluation of others.
Or astrology, if a person tells you that he is a Virgo, you may have defined his personality before you met him. If he shows a certain aspect of Virgo, you will be more convinced of this and automatically supplement other aspects of his personality. If his actual performance is different from your imagination, you will easily be disappointed. This is not his own problem, but your judgment and expectation of him are wrong.
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In fact, astrology is also good as a pastime. I don't fully understand its principle, nor can I say it's all wrong, but I still have doubts about it. Many people find psychology difficult to learn, so they choose a simpler astrology. In my opinion, this is not a shortcut. In contrast, although psychology is more complicated, it is also more accurate and practical. Constellations are full of accidents and uncertainties, which are not recommended by individuals.
What do you think of this?