Time to Write Off Handwriting Analysis of Personality: The Effectiveness of a Classroom Demonstration Debunking Graphology and the Barnum Effect

Poster Session - Teaching

Keyword: Teaching

Abstract: Introductory psychology students often believe psychological misinformation. This poster reports on the effectiveness of a classroom demonstration debunking the pseudoscience of graphology and the Barnum Effect using a fake personality profile supposedly based on handwriting. Students were fooled by the demonstration, but they also found it effective and enjoyable.

• Ezra Wegbreit (Presenting Author)