An Example of the Sleight of Tongue Technique Used in Cold

question 170

Multiple Choice

An example of the sleight of tongue 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:

Significance Level

A threshold in statistical hypothesis testing, often denoted by alpha, that determines the probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis.

Life Insurance

A contract between an individual and an insurance company, providing a financial payment to designated beneficiaries upon the individual's death.

Significance Level

The threshold below which a p-value indicates that the observed data are sufficiently unlikely under the null hypothesis, leading to a rejection of the null hypothesis.

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