Parapsychology
Mr. Koch
Psychology
Forest Lake High School
Parapsychology
• Para = “at the side of…”
• Psychological phenomenon that goes beyond the main area of psychological knowledge and interest
Parapsychology
• ESP (extra sensory perception)
– Perception of objects or events through means other than the sensory organs
Kinds of ESP• Precognition
– The ability to know about events before they occur
Kinds of ESP
• Psychokinesis– The ability to make objects
move by thinking of them as moving
Kinds of ESP
• Telepathy– The direct transmission
of thoughts or ideas from person to person without anything being spoken or written down
Kinds of ESP
• Clairvoyance– The ability to perceive
objects that are out of the range of human senses
• i.e. – sensing the location of a missing child