Barnum Statements (generalisations)
e.g. “You feel you have unfulfilled potential.”
Rainbow Statements (covering both ends)
e.g. “You are generous but sometimes selfish.”
Vanishing Negative (getting it right either way)
e.g. “Did X?” If “Yes”, “I thought so”; if “No”, “I thought not”
Scoring a medium/psychic – a checklist of the most common topics, phrases and techniques used in cold reading-based businesses