A baised expert of doubtful qualifications used to further the agenda of the right. From the joining of FOX news and expert.
Did you see that report on global warming last night on Fox? The environmental scientist they quoted worked for Exxon! How can you believe that foxpert??
by DarrellP May 8, 2006
Get the foxpert mug.Psychological effect noted by psychologist Bertram R. Forer in 1948, under which any fairly large and diverse group of people may come to believe that a tenuously balanced personality reading (especially one which, for the purpose of the test, is copied and handed out for them to ponder individually) applies strongly to each of them as individuals. Later studies have shown that the effect tends to be strongest when the recipient is given to understand that the reading has supposedly been tailored to them as an individual, that the person making the propositions is an authority they feel they can trust, and/or that most or all of the personality traits listed are positive ones, in other words flattering. The Forer effect may be of import in understanding the popularity of such pseudosciences as fortune telling or astrology.
Personality reading used to illuminate the Forer effect (thanks to Wikipedia):
You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
Now ... how does this apply to YOU?
You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them. You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
Now ... how does this apply to YOU?
by Fearman March 11, 2008
Get the Forer effect mug.Related Words
foxers
• foxer124
• Foxeranian
• FoxerBoxerFox
• foxerfan
• foxery
• Crazy Mother Foxer
• foxtrot
• Foxed
• foner
by stormiwinn August 23, 2011
Get the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot mug.by lacessout October 1, 2010
Get the fixer-upper mug.by Dezzie Dee April 1, 2006
Get the vai foder mug.Used to describe a tool, someone who likes to talk about their girl pickup skills, their money..but really just come off as a tool.
by Jeezus Juice October 29, 2007
Get the foler mug.Urban cyclists who ride fixed-gear bicycles and scorn the freewheel-using masses. Usually outfitted with vintage or custom bicycle components and accessorized with messenger bags.
by pyc July 6, 2009
Get the fixerati mug.