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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"paranormal"”.
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Paranormal Orgy
<p><em>Paranormal Orgy</em> is a novel length work that explores a world full of the paranormal— demons and vampires and aliens— and how some very real, very flawed characters get by in the face of these monsters. Many different points of view are utilized in this work, beginning with the point of …
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Paranormal Beliefs and Personality Traits
… current study examined the non-skeptic view of paranormal belief, suggesting that belief in the paranormal does not indicate psychopathology. This study examines the non-pathological personality traits present in paranormal believers by using a broad personality test. One hundred and one …
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Uncertainty, Individual Differences, and Paranormal Beliefs
… uncertainty increases religious beliefs but not paranormal beliefs when the self is threatened. Results also suggest that narcissism and neuroticism have a negative correlation with paranormal beliefs, inconsistent with previous research. The search for meaning in life has a positive correlation …
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Law and the Paranormal: A Critical Perspective on Legal Rationality
… how law has constructed witchcraft and related ‘paranormal’ practices throughout English legal history. It shows how early modern witchcraft laws evolved into modern fraud and consumer protection laws regulating mediumship, astrology, and fortune-telling. It argues that this development provides …
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The Bard and His Legacy in Young Adult Paranormal Teen Romance
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Psychopathological symptoms and their relation to paranormal belief and illusory judgment
… between psychopathological symptoms and paranormal belief and abilities was explored in four studies. Study 1 investigated the relationship between depressive symptoms and paranormal belief. Study 2 shifted the investigation into the laboratory by testing participants' illusory judgments …
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Narrative Theory and Fort Berthold's Stories of the Paranormal or Supernatural
<p>The author collected stories of the paranormal and supernatural from 10 enrolled members of the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold, North Dakota. The research participants were members of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes. Five research questions guided the study: (1) Where did these …
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From Bigfoot in the backyard to ghosts in the attic: Predictors of paranormal belief
Previous research on the social predictors of paranormal belief is contradictive and unclear. Depending on which author you read, one theory is better at explaining why individuals accept belief in paranormal phenomena. This problem most likely is the result of weak sample sizes and an …
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Illusory judgments under conditions of uncertainty: Reasoning errors related to paranormal and religious beliefs
… Study 1 and Study 2, participants relied on the paranormal strategy (e.g., a psychic) to a greater degree under conditions of uncertainty than under conditions of certainty. Study 3 replicated these results using a between subjects design but also expanded upon Study 1 and 2 by examining …
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Parapsychological Beliefs and the Effects of Exposure to Skeptical Inquiry
Belief in parapsychological/paranormal phenomena is widespread in the American public (Gallup & Newport, 1991). Messer and Griggs (1989) reported that misinformation through the media, including uncritical reports of events and pseudodocumentaries about paranormal phenomena, is a possible reason …
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Between belief and science: Paranormal investigators and the production of ghostly knowledge in contemporary England
Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:34:45-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2016-02-08 09:46:24 UTC Reason: Author requested extension of restriction. Changed from closed to UofI only. Approved by Graduate College on 01/08/2014. sls
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Parapsychological investigation of the theory of Psychopraxia: experimental and theoretical researches into an alternative theory explaining normal and paranormal phenomena
… to undermine the hypothesis that so-called paranormal phenomena exist. A review of the parapsychological meta-analyses (Chapters 2 and 3) provides supporting evidence of the hypothesis that paranormal effects do exist. By argument and by experimentation, the study of anomalous phenomena is …
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Severance packages: a crime paranormal novel and exegesis focussing on the electronic and digital publication of creative writing
This Master of Arts project comprises a novel, Severance Packages, written for electronic and digital publication, and an accompanying exegesis that contextualises the novel in relation to its genre and to the emerging field of electronic and digital publication in Australia.
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Blood, Tears, and Sweat: An Intersectional Excavation of the Literary Vampire in Neoliberal Discourse
… of the figure of the sympathetic vampire in paranormal romance novels and its relationship to neoliberal individualism, using an analytic frame informed by Valerie Smith's conceptualization of black feminist thinking; it focuses on the portrayal of the neoliberal institutions of nationalism, …
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Comparing perceptions of continued presence of the deceased and unidentified sensed presence experiences in a non-clinical sample of paranormal experients
<p>Research on individuals' paranormal experiences, particularly sensed presence experiences, has predominantly focused on bereavement contexts (Kamp et al., 2020; Evrard et al., 2021). However, less is understood about the similarities and distinctions between perceived presence of the deceased …
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Pain or Pleasure: The Allure of the Masochistic Young Adult Fantasy Protagonist, As Seen in Twilight and Other Texts : With a particular focus on the language of sexuality used within a select number of young adult paranormal romance texts
… adult literature, more specifically within the paranormal romance genre. This MPhil critical paper thesis discusses the masochistic traits of female protagonists in the young adult paranormal romance genre and identifies a misconception of masochism as a whole, through the exploration of sexual …
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The Power of Perception in Human-AI Interaction: Investigating Psychological Factors and Cognitive Biases that Shape User Belief and Behavior
… the first study explores how cognitive style, paranormal beliefs, AI attitudes, and personality traits impact perceptions of the validity, reliability, usefulness, and personalization of predictions from different sources. The study finds a positive correlation between belief in AI predictions …
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Mourning 2.0: Continuing Bonds between the Living and the Dead on Facebook
… cultural framework in which to incorporate the paranormal co-presence of the deceased into their lives, the Facebook users in my sample chose to express publically their ongoing paranormal experiences with the deceased, regardless of a possible lack of cultural framework or performative script …
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