Selective thinking is the process that allows selection of information favorable beliefs matter, removing those that oppose it. This kind of thinking is the common beliefs about psychic powers and thoughts of readers mediumurilor. Also is also the basis of many, if not all occult and pseudoscientific beliefs.
Subjective validation

Validation is the process of subjective validation is made of words, statements or signs, as accurate as the subject is able to find deep and important meanings in them. This type of validation may explain why so many people are seduced by the apparent accuracy of pseudoscientific personality profiles. Validation of subjective deceive anyone, domestic wife who believes her happiness depends on her blood group or the horoscope, the FBI agents who believe that psychological profiles are accurate, even the therapist who sees in black spots of Rorschach test, the exact symptoms of psychological problems.
Validation of the subject is an essential element of cold reading used by astrologers, palm readers in the rest. One who is subject to these practices must cooperate, which is not a problem, most clients want the psychic to succeed and are willing to strive to find personal meaning in things psychic to “discover”. A successful case of cold reading, is that case the client is convinced that data accuracy is due to the “powers” medium, and not personal ability and desire to cooperate.
Customers are usually docile. Psychic says he feels a father figure trying to contact him and the client just to find someone to fit into this pattern. No need to be customer father. So when the customer identifies the spirit as her husband died, medium is validated by the client. Or psychic said he was given a message “I do not go alone” and the client connects with a person who was in wheelchair when he died. There are thousands of possibilities to give meaning to the ambiguous stimulus, all it takes is the client to find one of them, so psychic will be validated.
Selective memory is involved in validating subjective, because it is impossible that the client can interpret everything psychic them forward. Fortunately for the medium, the customer forget mistakes and focus on success. I mean the client will remember only those things that made sense, ignoring those that can not be understood.
Usually, except for validation made by the client, no longer is another independent, which determine medium powers. Customer satisfaction is a sufficient proof of the accuracy of medium, both for the medium, and the experimenters who tested it.
The more strong desire to make a contact, the more we shall endeavor client, find a personal meaning in things psychic offers.
Validation is subjective and in other situations. Why?
To understand the miracle that people find significance where there are. And sometimes we do not see what is right in front of us. We see only what we want to see, hear only what we want to hear. If our motivation is strong, we can bring the dead to life and we believe things everyday and commonplace in his own life, bite the paranormal and supernatural significance.

Know that from time to time, mediumurile are proven charlatan. As happened to Sylvia Browne. She has appeared on Montel Williams’s show and said that parents of a child 10 years of their child, what was missing for several days, is dead. Four years later, Shawn Hornbeck was found alive. Sylvia claimed that the man who kidnapped Shawn, had dark skin, possibly Hispanic, had long black hair and was taller. A wrong in every way. For devout believer, psychic not a mistake, and when it appears he was wrong, it’s not his fault. It is possible that psychic to be confused with one another or spirit as Sylvia said, it is not God, so is not infallible. When claims are validated, you’re right, when you do not validate, and you’re right.
The relationship between mediumuri and their followers, is a win-win.

Barnum Effect

That is called a type of subjective validation in which a person finds the deeper meanings in general statements that can apply to many people.
An example would be:
“We want people to like you and admire you, but remain critical of your person. Although you have some personal weakness, usually you are able to compensate. You have many hidden capabilities that have not you used to your advantage. Sometimes you have doubts about the decisions they take. ”
If you believe that these lines have the power astrology, know that you’re right. Statements of this kind are also called Barnum statements and is an effective element in the repertoire “artisans” who deals with such forecasts.
If these statements are found in a personality inventory, which the subject thinks it’s prepared especially for him, it tends to validate the accuracy of these statements, and also validating the instruments used to obtain them. So by validating Barnum statements are validated and mental powers of the medium.
This phrase was used by psychologist Paul Meehl, PTBarnum about his reputation that he was considered a psychological manipulator first class and claiming that “we have something for everyone.

Author: Menssana, editor www.descopera.org