Psychics are con artists who use cold reading to extract information from people. They often claim that the sitter is cursed and that they can lift the curse for a fee. They use nonverbal cues such as breathing patterns, voice, clothing, skin color, and body language, and make statements that appear to provide information when they are not. The sitter is the key to a successful reading. The sitter's willingness to connect vague 'clues' provided by the psychic will often determine the success of the reading.
Psychics subtly encourage cooperation both before and during the reading, and once the sitter has gained the psychic's trust, the latter will usually actively supply information and clarifications. Facial expressions and body language are universal to humanity, and people who are dominant tend to stand up straight, speak slowly and rarely, and stare people in the eyes for an extended period of time. People with square jaws are thought to be more domineering and aggressive. When faced with a difficult situation, submissive people frequently touch themselves due to an inborn mechanism that humans developed to associate physical touching with comfort and safety.
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Most "psychics" are outright con artists. They make calculated guesses about the sitters using cold reading. Cold reading is a psychological technique that uses verbal and nonverbal cues to extract information from people. Psychics frequently employ well-known psychology techniques that can be applied to almost anyone. For example, claiming that the sitter is cursed and that he or she can lift the curse for a fee. Because most people visit a psychic when they are down and out, "being cursed" is a quick and easy reason to blame. The quickest solution to their complicated life problems would be to pay the fee to lift the curse.
Several factors appear to be common in psychic readings. Typically, the psychic will:
- Extracts information from nonverbal cues such as breathing patterns, voice, clothing, skin color, and body language.
- Makes statements that appear to provide information when they are actually looking for it. For example, prompts sitter feedback by saying, "I see a man in uniform, why would that be?"
- Returns to the subject what the latter wishes to hear
- Makes broad "Barnum statements," such as "You are unsettling on the outside but insecure on the inside."
The reading's sitter is the key to a'successful' reading. The sitter's willingness to connect vague 'clues' provided by the psychic will frequently determine the success of the reading. Many sitters who attempt to contact their deceased loved ones are highly motivated to begin with, and will interpret the psychic's message as proof that he or she has made contact with the other side. As a result, psychics subtly encourage cooperation both before and during the reading. Once the psychic has gained the sitter's trust, the latter will usually actively supply information and clarifications.
Although different people interpret facial expressions and body language differently, many psychologists believe that certain facial and body expressions are universal to humanity.
How to tell if someone is dominant: People who are dominant tend to stand up straight, speak slowly and rarely, and stare people in the eyes for an extended period of time. People with square jaws (a testosterone-induced feature) are thought to be more domineering and aggressive because of the demonstrated link between testosterone and aggression.
How to tell if someone is submissive: When faced with a difficult situation, submissive people frequently touch themselves. This is due to an inborn mechanism that humans developed very early in life to associate physical touching with comfort and safety.
The most important thing to remember is that genuine, powerful psychics do not advertise on the back of a supermarket magazine and offer $1.99 readings.