Exam 23: Psychology in Action: Extrasensory Perception

Over 1.5 million ESP trials were recently conducted through the newspaper,radio,and television.The results indicated that

Cold readings rely on all of the following EXCEPT

J.B.Rhine tried to study ESP objectively.Many of his experiments made use of objects with five symbols printed on them (square,star,circle,wavy lines,and plus sign).These objects used in Rhine's experiments were

Which of the following occurrences do ESP researchers regard as evidence that parapsychological skills are very fragile,while ESP skeptics regard it as evidence that the ESP demonstration was just a run of luck?

During the middle of the night,a woman away for a weekend visit suddenly has a strong impulse to return home. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding how people interpret "hunches"?

The purported ability to predict future events is called

One problem in psi experiments consists of defining scores,both above and below chance,as successes.This problem is referred to as

You are trying to guess the symbols of the Zener cards as they are turned up from a shuffled deck.You are taking the typical test for

To conduct valid and reliable experiments,parapsychologists must use all of the following EXCEPT

Explain how modern parapsychologists have changed their procedures in order to make their experiments more valid and reliable and what effects these new procedures have had on their results,and describe what it would take to scientifically demonstrate the existence of ESP.

You are trying to guess the correct symbol on a Zener card by reading the mind of a sender looking at the card.You are taking the typical test for

Parapsychologists believe the "decline effect" shows

Many of J.B.Rhine's ESP experiments made use of a deck of 25 cards,each bearing one of five symbols.These cards are known as __________ cards.

The purported ability to communicate directly with another person's mind is called

After 130 years of psi investigation,scientists

Miss Cleo and her "psychic hot line" operators provided information to the people who called regarding questions about their future by using a set of techniques known as

Problems with the use of the Zener cards in Rhine's early experiments included all of the following EXCEPT

Twenty extremely accurate clocks are locked in two bank vaults (ten in each).A subject who claims to have paranormal powers concentrates on the clocks in one of the vaults,attempting to make them run faster.If she succeeds,she will have demonstrated

Regarding psi phenomena,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Describe the three basic forms of extrasensory perception and the psi phenomenon known as psychokinesis.