Cold Reading
Cold reading falls under Mentalism is mostly used in stage performances and conversational hypnosis. From the term cold (without preparation), Mentalists and Hypnotists often distract their subject by pretending to know something or an information about the him/her like giving a statement that is generally true for anyone. On the other hand, practitioners can also make high probability guesses for a good chance of establishing a mind set to their subject that they really know something about him/her. This will create a great impact on the subject if the guess is correct.
Cold reading is by far the most common approach by Hypnotists or Mentalists to extract information from the subject and will be used against him/her later. This will then convince the subject that the performer knows something that he/she could not possibly have known.
What to take note when doing Cold Reading?
* Confidence. It is the main key for a successful reading.
* Subject's cooperation
* Put a twist on it (i.e., palm reading and more!). This will interest your subject and keep him/her distracted.
* Be a good listener. While you extract information out of your subject, listen carefully and use what your subject has to say later on.
* Be a good actor
* Impress and flatter your subject whenever you have the opportunity
* Be knowledgeable of what your subject wants to hear, and say it to her.
Here's a good definition of Cold Reading from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading
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