An Example of the Stock Spiel Technique Used in Cold

question 6

Multiple Choice

An example of the stock spiel technique used in cold reading is a statement such as

• A)"You've recently been struggling with some tough decisions in life."
• B)"I'm sensing that someone with the letter M or N has been important in your life lately."
• C)"Has your father been ill? What about your mother? Hmm I sense that someone in your family is ill or concerned about getting ill."
• D)"I believe you have a piece of clothing,like an old dress or blouse,that you haven't worn in years but have kept for sentimental value."

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the dispersion of sample means around the population mean, often used to estimate the accuracy of sample statistics.

Sampling Distribution

An outcome distribution of a statistic, created by sampling extensively from a designated population.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, reflecting the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (e.g., mean) computed from samples of a specific size drawn from a particular population.