Psych 5 Anamolistic

Question 1

Anomalistic psychology

Answer 1

Tend to be skeptical about the phenomena and work on the assumption they can be explained in terms if psychological and physical factors and claims parapsychology is a pseudoscience

Question 2

What are the characteristics pseudoscience lack

Answer 2

Not published in peer-reviewed journals

Methodologically flawed and not replicable

Specialist terms are used

Unfalsifiable

No obvious Progress in the accumulation of knowledge

Counter evidence presented by skeptics is usually dismissed

Question 3

Ganzfeld procedure

Answer 3

Comfortable chair-soundproof room-wearing ping pong balls-red light shone on them

Listen to white noise

Stranger participants used

Used for telepathy

Sender sees randomised images and has to consciously send them to the receiver

Receiver have to choose which image was sent

Should expect 25% success rate

Question 4

Parapsyhogist

Answer 4

Accept paranormal events occur and try to find evidence to support this belief