Psychology S Ghosts

Author : Jerome Kagan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780300184914

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Psychology's Ghosts by Jerome Kagan Pdf

This book is the product of years of thought and a profound concern for the state of contemporary psychology. Jerome Kagan, a theorist and leading researcher, examines popular practices and assumptions held by many psychologists. He uncovers a variety of problems that, troublingly, are largely ignored by investigators and clinicians. Yet solutions are available, Kagan maintains, and his reasoned suggestions point the way to a better understanding of the mind and mental illness. Kagan identifies four problems in contemporary psychology: the indifference to the setting in which observations are gathered, including the age, class, and cultural background of participants and the procedure that provides the evidence (he questions, for example, the assumption that similar verbal reports of well-being reflect similar psychological states); the habit of basing inferences on single measures rather than patterns of measures (even though every action, reply, or biological response can result from more than one set of conditions); the defining of mental illnesses by symptoms independent of their origin; and the treatment of mental disorders with drugs and forms of psychotherapy that are nonspecific to the diagnosed illness. The author's candid discussion will inspire the debate that is needed in a discipline seeking to fulfill its promises.

Author : Mathew James
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1500295477

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Ghost Psychology by Mathew James Pdf

There's something odd about Cabin 47. On the surface, Ghost Psychology: One Tale of a Ghost Story is a tale of survival as a group of young adults struggle to adapt to a new way of life; as they come together in a new job... a job where they go out and work with their hands and make new friends and learn the value of a hard day's work. For most new employees at Camp Elkhorn, life is simple and rewarding. Yet... Something is not quite right. At least, Ryan and Dillon certainly think so. Their girlfriends, Rachel and Jenny, would agree, but for the girls, having a few pesky ghosts around isn't such a big deal. Just because a couple of ghosts like to watch girls as they sleep or live their daily lives... or as they get undressed... isn't a good enough reason to abandon their new lives and go running to mommy. So... Things go bump in the night. For those who have the misfortune of being assigned to Cabin 47, life can be very complicated. What happens when you are witness to a lovers' quarrel which could literally last FOREVER? ...When the ghost stories told around the campfire come to life right before your eyes? ...When you get caught in the middle of a ghostly feud that's been brewing for decades? You're faced with many life changing questions: Are ghosts real or could this really be just your imagination? If not, how do the lights keep turning on by themselves? Can ghosts influence our daily lives? How long do wedding vows last... exactly? Would a ghost psychologist be of any use? Do ghosts think about sex? How hard is it to get a dead prospector to reveal where he hid his gold? Ask yourself... How do you keep a seriously twisted ghost from hitting on your girlfriend?

Author : Samuel L. Kimbles
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000377262

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Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology by Samuel L. Kimbles Pdf

Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology: The Suffering of Ghosts draws attention to human suffering and how it relates to unacknowledged and unrecognized traumatic cultural histories that continue to haunt us in the present. The book shows the many ways that our internal lives are organized and patterned by both racial, ethnic, and national identities, and personal experiences. This book shows how the cultural unconscious with its multiple group dynamics, identities, nationalities, seething differences of conflicts, polarizations, and individual personalities are organized by cultural complexes and narrated by archetypal story formations, which the author calls phantom narratives. The emotional dynamics generated constitute potential transitional spaces or holding containers that allow us to work with these issues psychologically at both the individual and group levels, offering opportunities for healing. The chapters of the book provide numerous examples of the applications of these terms to natural and cultural catastrophes as well as expressions as uncanny phenomena. Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology is essential reading for analytical psychologists, Jungian psychotherapists, and other professionals seeking to understand the impact of intergenerational trauma on individuals and groups. It is also relevant to the work of academics and scholars of Jungian studies, sociology, trauma studies, politics, and social justice.

Author : Tony Jinks
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030289027

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Psychological Perspectives on Reality, Consciousness and Paranormal Experience by Tony Jinks Pdf

This book explores various explanatory frameworks for paranormal encounters. It opens with the story of an inexplicable human figure seen crossing a secluded hotel corridor, interpreted as a ghost by the sole witness. The subsequent chapters explore the three most important historical perspectives accounting for this and other types of paranormal experience. Each perspective is examined from first principles, with specific reference to what happened in the corridor, how it happened, why it happened, and who might be responsible. The first perspective considers the experience to be legitimate – to be something real – and various possibilities are presented that are grounded in the paranormal and parapsychological literature, among which a “ghost” is one putative explanation. In turn, the second perspective treats the experience as being wholly illegitimate. With reference to psychological theory, the ghost sighting is a product of erroneous consciousness. The third perspective is different yet again, and considers the sighting to be authentic, but argues that explaining the ghost requires a radical departure from conventional models of reality and consciousness. By contrasting these three paths, the book provides a valuable resource for readers interested in the philosophical and psychological origins of explanations for paranormal experiences, from the 19th century to the present. It will appeal to general readers in addition to students and scholars of parapsychology, anomalistic psychology, and consciousness studies.

Author : Arthur Koestler
Publisher : Penguin (Non-Classics)
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0140191925

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The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler Pdf

An examination of the human impulse towards self-destruction suggests that in the course of human evolution, a pathological split between emotion and reason developed

Author : Adrienne Harris,Margery Kalb,Susan Klebanoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317281108

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Ghosts in the Consulting Room by Adrienne Harris,Margery Kalb,Susan Klebanoff Pdf

Ghosts in the Consulting Room: Echoes of Trauma in Psychoanalysis is the first of two volumes that delves into the overwhelming, often unmetabolizable feelings related to mourning. The book uses clinical examples of people living in a state of liminality or ongoing melancholia. The authors reflect on the challenges of learning to move forward and embrace life over time, while acknowledging, witnessing and working through the emotional scars of the past. Bringing together a collection of clinical and theoretical papers, Ghosts in the Consulting Room features accounts of the unpredictable effects of trauma that emerge within clinical work, often unexpectedly, in ways that surprise both patient and therapist. In the book, distinguished psychoanalysts examine how to work with a variety of ‘ghosts’, as they manifest in transference and countertransference, in work with children and adults, in institutional settings and even in the very founders and foundations of the field of psychoanalysis itself. They explore the dilemma of how to process loss when it is unspeakable and unknowable, often manifesting in silence or gaps in knowledge, and living in strange relations to time and space. This book will be of interest to psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, as well as social workers, family therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists. It will appeal to those specializing in bereavement and trauma and, on a broader level, to sociologists and historians interested in understanding means of coping with loss and grief on both an individual and larger scale basis.

Author : Christopher C. French,Anna Stone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137368065

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Anomalistic Psychology by Christopher C. French,Anna Stone Pdf

The science behind claims of alien encounters and visions of ghosts can be even more fascinating than the sensationalist headlines. What leads some people to believe in the paranormal? Why might someone think they have been abducted by aliens? And is there any room for superstition in the modern world of science? Anomalistic Psychology - Provides a lively and thought-provoking introduction to the psychology underlying paranormal belief and experience. - Covers the latest psychological theories and experiments, and examines the science at the heart of the subject. - Uses a unique approach to apply different psychological perspectives – including clinical, developmental and cognitive approaches – to shed new light on the key debates. Whether you are a psychology student or simply curious about the paranormal, Anomalistic Psychology is the essential introduction to this contested and controversial field. Belief in the paranormal has been reported in every known society since the dawn of time – find out why.

Author : Christopher C. French,Anna Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
ISBN : 1137368055

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Anomalistic Psychology by Christopher C. French,Anna Stone Pdf

Author : Avery Gordon
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 081662089X

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Ghostly Matters by Avery Gordon Pdf

'Avery Gordon's stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. She shows how fiction writing can sometimes function as a social force, as a repository of memories that are too brutal, to debilitating, and too horrifying to register through direct historical or social science narratives...'--George Lipsitz, University of California, San Diego

Author : George A. Akerlof,Robert J. Shiller
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400834723

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Animal Spirits by George A. Akerlof,Robert J. Shiller Pdf

From acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller, the case for why government is needed to restore confidence in the economy The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into this mess, and put forward a bold new vision that will transform economics and restore prosperity. Akerlof and Shiller reassert the necessity of an active government role in economic policymaking by recovering the idea of animal spirits, a term John Maynard Keynes used to describe the gloom and despondence that led to the Great Depression and the changing psychology that accompanied recovery. Like Keynes, Akerlof and Shiller know that managing these animal spirits requires the steady hand of government—simply allowing markets to work won't do it. In rebuilding the case for a more robust, behaviorally informed Keynesianism, they detail the most pervasive effects of animal spirits in contemporary economic life—such as confidence, fear, bad faith, corruption, a concern for fairness, and the stories we tell ourselves about our economic fortunes—and show how Reaganomics, Thatcherism, and the rational expectations revolution failed to account for them. Animal Spirits offers a road map for reversing the financial misfortunes besetting us today. Read it and learn how leaders can channel animal spirits—the powerful forces of human psychology that are afoot in the world economy today. In a new preface, they describe why our economic troubles may linger for some time—unless we are prepared to take further, decisive action.

Author : David Groome,Michael Eysenck,Robin Law
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781351391115

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The Psychology of the Paranormal by David Groome,Michael Eysenck,Robin Law Pdf

Can mediums communicate with the dead? Do people really believe they’ve been abducted by aliens? Why do some people make life decisions based on their horoscope? The Psychology of the Paranormal explores some commonly held beliefs regarding experiences so strange they can defy an obvious scientific explanation. The book explains how psychologists have conducted experiments to provide insight into phenomena such as clairvoyance, astrology, and alien abduction, as well as teaching us fundamental truths about human belief systems. From debunking myths about Extra Sensory Perception, to considering whether our lives can truly be fated by the stars, The Psychology of the Paranormal shows us that however unlikely, belief in the paranormal will continue to be widespread.

Author : Abraham S. Ross
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429710971

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Experimental And Nonexperimental Designs In Social Psychology by Abraham S. Ross Pdf

This book considers experimental designs, alternatives to experimental designs, survey methods, and how systematic collection of information can minimize alternative explanations in social psychology. It discusses meta-analysis for interpreting the results of many social psychology experiments.

Author : Tony Jinks
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780786489169

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An Introduction to the Psychology of Paranormal Belief and Experience by Tony Jinks Pdf

When someone admits to a strange experience, such as witnessing an unidentified flying object, having telepathic hunches, or seeing angels or ghosts, listeners usually explain it away as mistaken perception, intoxication, ignorance, or even mental illness. Though these unsympathetic psychology-based explanations remain the most popular responses to claims of the supernatural, those who use them often have little understanding of what such dismissive "solutions" actually entail. This study offers a balanced and accessible analysis of various explanations for the paranormal. By providing insight into how these theories are applied, or misapplied, to inquiry into the paranormal, it clarifies the relationship between the field of psychology and the supernatural. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Richard Wiseman
Publisher : Pan Macmillan Adult
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01
Category : Parapsychology
ISBN : 1447273397

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Paranormality by Richard Wiseman Pdf

Bestselling psychologist Richard Wiseman unravels the science behind our beliefs in telepathy, clairvoyants, mediums, ghosts, and more... "People are emotionally drawn to the supernatural. They actively want weird, spooky things to be true . . . Wiseman shows us a higher joy as he deftly skewers the paranormal charlatans, blows away the psychic fog and lets in the clear light of reason." --Richard Dawkins Professor Richard Wiseman is clear about one thing: paranormal phenomena don't exist. But in the same way that the science of space travel transforms our everyday lives, so research into telepathy, fortune-telling and out-of-body experiences produces remarkable insights into our brains, behaviour andbeliefs. Paranormality embarks on a wild ghost chase into this new science ofthe supernatural and is packed with activities that allow you to experience the impossible. So throw away your crystals, ditch your lucky charms and cancel your subscription to Reincarnation Weekly. It is time to discover the real secrets of the paranormal. Learn how to control your dreams -- and leave your body behind Convince complete strangers that you know all about them Unleash the power of your unconscious mind

Author : Dr Graham Ramsden
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798831378474

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Proof of Ghosts by Dr Graham Ramsden Pdf

Are ghosts real? Or are tales of apparitions, poltergeists, and ghostly visitations just a load of imaginative nonsense!? Dr. Graham Ramsden is an experienced and highly respected psychologist and part-time paranormal investigator. In, 'Proof of Ghosts', he explores the evidence of ghosts from a scientific perspective. The book presents evidence of reportedly true stories of the paranormal from history, from stars of the stage and screen as well as ordinary people just getting on with their everyday lives. The discussions around these stories deconstruct the evidence presented to explore how watertight these events really are. The book is divided into two main sections The first section uses Psychology, Biology, and Physics to dismantle most of the evidence that has, so far, been put forward as proof of ghosts. In no uncertain terms, Dr. Ramsden explains why 98% of paranormal experiences are nothing but 'normal' events cloaked in an emotional Halloween costume. The second half of the book, however, explores evidence that cannot be so easily dismissed. Using never before seen photographic evidence and real accounts of his experiences with one of Yorkshire's most successful Paranormal Research Teams, Dr. Ramsden presents evidence that will make the most ardent skeptics reassess their views. The concluding 'Post Mortem' section, presents both sides of the argument and allows the reader to decide for themselves whether ghosts exist alongside our mortal lives? Whatever your perspective is on this fascinating subject, this book will challenge your viewpoint and invite you to reconsider the evidence for yourself.