Anomalistic psychology Bok

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• Preface
• Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to Anomalistic Psychology

• Terminology
• Science, The Scientific Method, and the Content of Anomalistic Psychology
• Taxonomies of the Paranormal
• The Authors' Biases
• Notes

2. Anomalistic Psychophysiology: I

• Miraculous Healing
• Miraculous Injury
• Notes

3. Anomalistic Psychophysiology: II

• Control Ocer Pain
• The Psychophysiology of Hypo- and Hyperarousal
• Notes

4. Perception and the Paranormal

• Perception as Information Processing
• Attention
• Expectancy
• Decision Making
• The Detection of Faint Stimuli
• Individual Differences in Perception
• Notes

5. Anomalous Imagery and Hallucinations

• Hypnagogic and Hypnopompic Imagnery
• The Sense of Presence
• Hallucinations
• Notes

6. Psychology of Anomalous Memory

• Memory Systems
• Memory and Occult Phenomena
• Notes

7. The Psychology of Extraordinary Beliefs

• Attitudes and Beliefs
• The Occult Ideology
• Dynamics of the Belief in the Paranormal

8. Personality in Occultism: Determinants and Dynamics

• Occult Personality Diagnoses and Guides for Action
• Phenomena of Divided Consciousness
• Notes

9. Personality in Occultism: Mind Externalized

• Soul, Mind, and the Reification of the Subjective
• Spiritualism
• Psychometry
• Notes

10. Psychopathology and Magic

• Psychopathology
• The Origins of Magic and Demonology
• Witchcraft
• Psychopathology and PSI
• The Role of Psychopathology in Magic

11. The Social Psychology of the Extraordinary

• Social Groups
• Occultism in Cultural Context

12. Parapsychology: I

• The Experimental Method in Parapsychological Research
• ESP Experimentation in Historical Perspective
• Notes

13. Parapsychology: II

• Explanations, Models, and Theories of ESP
• Psychokinesis
• Parapsychology: An Art or a Science?
• Notes

14. The Psychology of Bad Science

• Science and Pseudoscience: A Comparsion
• The Psychology of Bad Science
• The UFO Problem

15. Anomalistic Psychology: Retrospect and Prospect

• Anomalistic Psychology: A Socio-Psychological Retrospect
• Anomalistic Psychology: A Prospect

• References
• Subject and Name Index