Exam 15: Psychology in Action: Anomalistic Psychology

Prior experience, prior laboratory experience, feeling/perception preferences on a Myers-Briggs-type questionnaire, and practising a mental discipline:

Parapsychology has not been considered a science because, in general:

Large samples increase the likelihood of coincidences, which is the basis of:

The Psychodynamic Functions Hypothesis suggests that belief in psi is linked to childhood trauma and:

The sheep-goat effect means that:

A strength of near-death experience research, e.g. van Lommel et al. (2001), is that it is:

Out-of-body experiences differ from near-death experiences because the former:

Researchers supporting superstitions as likely to be the result of faulty cognitions include:

Paranormal beliefs and reported experiences are more likely in individuals with:

Research with larger samples, e.g. Greyson (2003) and Lai et al. (2007) found the frequency of near-death experiences in patients of:

A significant issue with research into psychic mediumship is the lack of:

Major problems with parapsychological research such as that of Levy and Randi are due to:

Scientific research and knowledge is:

Self-deception occurs when individuals mislead themselves to:

Experimenter belief in ESP can affect findings if:

Psychic healing could be a manifestation of:

Horoscopes are seen as more meaningful by believers in astrology, which Wiseman and Smith (2002) identify as a demonstration of:

Ganzfeld studies are considered scientific because they involve:

Out-of-body experiences typically have the individuals:

Keeping an open mind about a concept is scientifically reasonable if: