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AIPR Certificate in Parapsychology—Unit Outline

 

The Parapsychology of J. B. Rhine [para-c02]

 

Scope

  • J. B. Rhine’s experiments in parapsychology at Duke University

  • the nature of ESP as determined from Rhine’s work

Essay Topic

Discuss the validity and reliability of Rhine’s evidence for ESP and PK.

OR

Review the assumptions made about ESP on the basis of Rhine’s findings.

 

NOTE: Essay must be no longer than 2000 words and formatted in APA-style[1]

 

For a guideline in how to write essays, see:

 

Writing Psychology Essays: A Student Guide   

 

 

Required Reading

 

Rhine, J. B., Pratt, J. G., Stuart, C. E., Smith, B. M., & Greenwood, J. A. (1940). ESP is a psychological phenomenon. Extra-sensory perception after sixty years: A critical appraisal of the research in extra-sensory perception (Chapter 14). New York: Henry Holt and Company.

Rhine, J. B. (1937a). The start of Duke. New frontiers of the mind (Chapter 4). New York: Farrar & Rhinehart.

Rhine, J. B. (1937b). The first serious criticism. New frontiers of the mind (Chapter 7). New York: Farrar & Rhinehart.

 

 

 

Optional Reading

 

Parapsychological Association. (1997-2006). Joseph Banks Rhine: 1895-1980. Retrieved May 30, 2006, from http://www.parapsych.org/members/jb_rhine.html.

Steinkamp, F. (2005). Forced-choice ESP experiments: Their past and their future. In M. A. Thalbourne & L. Storm (Eds.), Parapsychology in the 21st century: Essays on the future of psychical research (Chapter 6). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

 

 

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