If one reads all 12 of the daily horoscopes found in newspapers for several days,one will find that the predictions made are so general that they will fit events that happen everyday as well as being applicable to anybody regardless of their sign.This illustrates the
A) Guilford effect.
B) phenologist's fallacy.
C) Barnum effect.
D) Gall fallacy.

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The Barnum effect, also known as the Forer effect, refers to the tendency for people to accept general personality descriptions as accurate and specific to themselves, even though the same description can apply to many people. This is often seen in horoscopes, where the predictions are so general that they could apply to anyone, yet people tend to believe them to be specific to their own sign.

If One Reads All 12 of the Daily Horoscopes Found