Psychic advisers make use of uncritical acceptance and the confirmation bias to create an illusion that they know private information about the people who call them.

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Psychic advisers use techniques such as cold reading and asking leading questions to elicit information from clients, and then use this information to make it appear as though they have special psychic abilities. Clients may also be more likely to remember and focus on accurate readings while discounting or forgetting inaccurate ones, due to the confirmation bias.

Psychic Advisers Make Use of Uncritical Acceptance and the Confirmation