A01 a more imaginative personality Flashcards
Intro
Some personality characteristics linked to paranormal belief that can br considered under the general heading of imagination
What are the 3 sections
Fantasy proneness
Suggestibility
Creative personality
Talk about fantasy proneness
People may become deeply absorbed in a fantasy that they may actually be live it’s happening
Belief that people who belive in paranormal are more fantasy prone
Who supported be life that paranormal believers more fantasy prone and what did they do
Dixon
Found link between paranormal belief and mental imagination
Main study on fantasy proneness
Wiseman
What did Wiseman do and find
Showed that being very involved in a task may make people to overlook the facts and belive in events they know aren’t true
St up mock seance (everyone knew it wasn’t real and they’re acting as if it’s a real seance)
During seance one actor suggested that table was levitating even though it wasn’t
After seance more believers than non believers reported the table had moved
Could’ve been cz they were more deeply absorbed by the fantasy tea led them to belive, may explain Hythe re more easily fooled
So shows a link
Talk about suggestibility
How Lilley you’re to accept suggestions of others linked to belief in paranormal
They are more easily hypnotised and as paranormal xp involves some deception it may explain why there’s a link
Who showed link for suggestibility
Hergovich
What did hergovich do and find
Tested Pps suggestibility by trying to hypnotise them and found positive correlation between this and their score on a paranormal belief scale
Talk about creative personality
People who are more creative may be more likely to make links between unrelated items, a characteristic that may underlie paranormal xp
Who supported role of creative personality
Thalbourne
What did thalbourne do and find
Meta analysis
Found a positive correlation between creative personality and paranormal beliefs
