An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience

Jinks, Tony

McFarland & Co Inc（2011/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 273 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786465446
• DDC分類 130.19

Full Description

When someone admits to a strange experience, such as witnessing an unidentified flying object, having telepathic hunches, or seeing angels or ghosts, listeners usually explain it away as mistaken perception, intoxication, ignorance, or even mental illness. Though these unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the most popular responses to claims of the supernatural, those who use them often have little understanding of what such dismissive "solutions" actually entail. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight into how these theories are applied, or misapplied, to inquiry into the paranormal, it clarifies the relationship between the field of psychology and the supernatural.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Preface    

Introduction: What Is the Paranormal?    

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: Psychoanalysis and the Birth Memories Hypothesis     

9. Advanced Psychodynamic Theories: The Projection of the Paranormal     

10. Transpersonal Psychology     

Notes     

Bibliography     

Index