P.T Barnum effect psychology?

Question

How is the P.T Barnuf effect likely to esnare psychologists doing resarch?

Answer 1

I looked up Google for you ... it seems this circus man had a great ability to make something that's very general to everyone feel very personal to each one.... so the caution in this statement, referring to researchers - particularly psychologists - is to be wary of 'reading' into something that would appear to match their own opinions and hypothesis and therefore seem particular to them as individuals rather than see the results as a more generalised outcome that could/would have been achieved anyway .... therefore they might fall foul of believing that an everyday result is actually a rspecific esult that supports their particular stance because of their particular input....