An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience
"Unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the popular response to supernatural experiences. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight into how these theories are applied, and at times misapplied, to enquiry into the paranormal, this work clarifies the relationship between the field of psychology and the supernatural"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2011
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, Jefferson, 2011
1 online resource (274 pages)
9780786489169, 0786489162
1045558943
Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: The Paranormal as Explicable; 1. Parapsychology; 2. Superstition and Belief in the Paranormal; 3. Witnessing the Paranormal: Illusions; 4. Witnessing the Paranormal: "Everyday" Hallucinations; 5. Witnessing the Paranormal: Neurological Dysfunction; 6. Witnessing the Paranormal: The Induction of Hallucinatory Encounters; 7. Criticisms of Tectonic Strain Theory and Transcranial Stimulation Methods, and Alternative Electromagnetic Theories; Part 2: The Paranormal as Inexplicable; 8. Psychodynamic Approaches to Paranormal Experience. 9. Advanced Psychodynamic Theories10. Transpersonal Psychology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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