You have been asked to play a "psychic" at the Halloween carnival at your son's school.A customer enters, and you begin by making general statements about this person.You would then expand on anything the person responds to in a positive way as shown by his or her facial expressions, body language, or tone of voice.The technique you are using is known as
A) cold reading.
B) mediumship.
C) clairvoyance interpretation.
D) dishabituation.

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The technique described is cold reading, which involves making generalized statements and then using the person's reactions to expand on those statements. This is a commonly used technique by psychics and mediums to create the illusion of psychic abilities. Mediumship involves claiming to communicate with spirits, clairvoyance interpretation involves interpreting visions or supernatural perception, and dishabituation is a psychological term referring to a change in response to a stimulus after repeated exposure. None of these apply to the scenario described.

You Have Been Asked to Play a "Psychic" at the Halloween