Religion Final

Front 1

Einstein said that the distinction between the past, present, and future is an ________.

Back 1

Illusion

Front 2

A report of false memory by hypnosis subject is called ___________.

Back 2

Confabulation

Front 3

Hyman's critique of hanzfeld studies included indentification of flaws such as multiple significant tests and sensory __________.

Back 3

Leakage

Front 4

Results of the ESP experiment that are significantly below chance exception support the ESP hypothesis. This is called ____________.

Back 4

Psi Missing

Front 5

The ability to see previously unknown events in the past is called __________.

Back 5

Retrogonition

Front 6

Honorton theorized that ESP messages are ______ communications (or signals).

Back 6

Subtle

Front 7

"Mind over matter" is common phrase referring to:

Back 7

Telekinesis

Front 8

Occam's razor is also called the law of _______.

Back 8

Parsimony

Front 9

Einstein called EPR experment ____ action at a distance.

Back 9

Spooky

Front 10

"Mind reading" is specific form of ESP called _________.

Back 10

Telepathy

Front 11

Seeing events in the future is called ________.

Back 11

Precognition

Front 12

Drawing a card from Zener deck used by Rhine, one would see a wavy line, cross, square, circle or ____.

Back 12

Star

Front 13

________ is an earlier name for what is more frequently called remote viewing today.

Back 13

Clairvoyance

Front 14

A central problem for studies of the effect of intercessory prayer on medical recovery is the absence of an adequate non-prayer _______ group.

Back 14

Control

Front 15

Psi experiments in which the visual field is homogenous rosy glow and auditory field is "white" noise (like static) are called _____ studies.

Back 15

Ganzfeld

Front 16

A ______ effect is a response to the act of being treated, not to the administered treatment itself.

Back 16

Placebo

Front 17

As collective category, both ESP and PK are referred to as ____.

Back 17

PSI

Front 18

The French commission that investigated Mesmer (that included Benjamin Franklin) concluded that his successes were based upon _________.

Back 18

imagination

Front 19

Many licensed nurses use a paranomal healing technique referred to as ______ _______.

Back 19

Therapeutic touch

Front 20

Rhine's wife, Louisa, found that 60% of anecdotal ESP experiences occurred during ______.

Back 20

Dreams

Front 21

_____ photography enthusiasts believe that it captures images of auras.

Back 21

Kirlian

Front 22

Schmeidler's ESP studies found that believers, called _______, scored significantly higher than non-believers called ________.

Back 22

Believers = Sheep
Non-believers= Goats

Front 23

The ganzfeld study effect size is larger than that of _____ in the prevention of heart attacks.

Back 23

Aspirin

Front 24

After 25 to 30 minutes in a condition of homogenous visual and auditory fields (as in Honorton's experiments), ______ sets in.

Back 24

Habituation

Front 25

The idea that ESP can be enhanced by the reduction of complex stimulation from some of the senses and/or from thought process is called the _____ _______ theory.

Back 25

Noise Reduction

Front 26

Pseudocyesis is a _____ _____ caused by a delusory belief

Back 26

False Pregnancy

Front 27

In "The Republic", Plato told the story of a near death experience in a soldier named _____.

Back 27

ER

Front 28

Parasychologists regard poltergeists as spontaneous __________.

Back 28

Psychokinesis