Gertrude Schmeidler

Extrasensory Perception Gertrude Schmeidler 1st edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction / Gertrude Schmeidler -- 1. The Pearce-Pratt Experiment / C. E. M. Hansel -- 2. A Reply to the Hansel Critique of the Pearce-Pratt Series / J. B. Rhine, J. G. Pratt -- 3. A Scientific Critique of Parapsychology / James C. Crumbaugh -- 4. Teacher-Pupil Attitudes and Clairvoyance Test Results / Margaret Anderson, Rhea White -- 5. ESP and Social Stimulus / B. K. Kanthamani -- 6. The Relationship of Test Scores to Belief in ESP / B. H. Bhadra -- 7. The Decline of Variance of ESP Scores Within a Testing Session / David Price Rogers, James C. Carpenter -- 8. Checking for Awareness of Hits in a Precognition Experiment with Hypnotized Subjects / Jarl Fahler, Karlis Osis -- 9. Experimentally-Induced Telepathic Dreams: Two Studies Using EEG-REM Monitoring Techniques / Montague Ullman, Stanley Krippner, Sol Feldstein -- Index. Publisher Marketing: If extrasensory perception is a common human ability, why can't we all score high on ESP tests? This book answers the question by describing psychological determinants of success and failure in extrasensory perception. Some of the most signifi cant points raised in the editor's enlightening introduction are developed in greater detail in the nine essays that follow, all of them important statements giving a clear picture of research into ESP and the debate that surrounds it. Each essay is followed by a comment relating the essay to the field as a whole. In essays on the debate about ESP, an attack (by C. E. M. Hansel) is followed by a rebuttal (by J. B. Rhine and J. G. Pratt), offering the reader insight into the peculiar tension surrounding the ESP controversy. The book also includes a balanced overview of problems in the field by J. C. Crumbaugh, and six other essays on the psychological factors that influence research on ESP. Controversy over ESP is of special interest also because the questions critics raise relate closely to problems within psychology itself. In addition, the essays reflect a quality common to much research: the excitement of uncovering results that advance our knowledge. This book is intended for supplementary course use. Because of the fundamental problems it addresses, it also offers richly rewarding reading for all teaching and practicing psychologists as well as for the interested generalist. A substantial number of research reports are cited throughout, so that any reader seeking further information will find the cited references invaluable. Review Citations:

Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 8 (EAN 9780202362717, Paperback)