The Psychology of the Psychic
Cover of the 1980 Library Bound Edition
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David Marks Richard Kammann |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | parapsychology, science, psychology |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books |
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1980 (2nd edition 2000) |
| Media type | Hardcover/Paperback |
| Pages | 232 pages |
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| OCLC | 43296735 |
| 133.8/01/9 21 | |
| LC Class | BF1042 .M33 2000 |
The Psychology of the Psychic is a skeptical analysis of some of the most publicized cases of parapsychological research by psychologists David Marks and Richard Kammann. The first edition, published in 1980, highlights some of the best-known cases from the 1970s. The second edition, published in 2000, adds information from the intervening 20 years as well as substantially more documentation and references to the original material.
Marks and Kammann give detailed descriptions of experiments conducted by parapsychology researchers as well as performances by psychic entertainers outside of the laboratory during the 1970s. Many of these included some of the most widely known psychic performers of the time, including Uri Geller,Kreskin, and Ingo Swann. In their attempts to replicate the studies of other researchers, the authors discover methodological flaws in the original trials that lead them to the conclusion that no evidence for psychic phenomena has yet been produced. They then discuss psychological research that attempts to explain why people believe in such phenomena in spite of this lack of evidence.
David Marks is a psychologist, who has written extensively on the subjects of health psychology, consciousness, parapsychology and intelligence. In addition to the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, he also worked at City University London, Middlesex University, and University College London. He is currently the editor of the Journal of Health Psychology.
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