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