|
J. E. Kennedy
> Personality and motivations to believe, misbelieve and disbelieve
in Paranormal Phenomena
Original publication and copyright Journal
of Parapsychology, 2005,
Volume 69, pp.263-292
ABSTRACT:
Paranormal beliefs and experiences
are associated with certain personality factors, including absorption,
fantasy proneness, and the Myers-Briggs intuition and feeling personality
dimensions. Skepticism appears to be associated with materialistic,
rational, pragmatic personality types. Attitude toward psi may also
be influenced by motivations to have control and efficacy, to have
a sense of meaning and purpose in life, to be connected with others,
to have transcendent experiences, to have self-worth, to feel superior
to others, and to be healed. The efforts to obtain reliable control
of psi in experimental parapsychology have not been successful. Given
the lack of control and lack of practical application of psi, it is
not surprising that those who are by disposition materialistic and
pragmatic find the evidence for psi to be unconvincing. When psi experiences
have been examined without a bias for control, the primary effect
has been found to be enhanced meaning in life and spirituality, similar
to mystical experiences. Tensions among those with mystical, authoritarian,
and scientific dispositions have been common in the history of paranormal
and religious beliefs. Scientific research can do much to create better
understanding among people with different dispositions. Understanding
the motivations related to paranormal beliefs is a prerequisite for
addressing questions about when and if psi actually occurs.
>>>
texto disponível em pdf - clique aqui para acessar
Fonte: http://jeksite.org/psi/jp05.pdf
* * *
topo
|
