AIPR Certificate in Parapsychology—Unit Outline
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The Parapsychology of J. B. Rhine [para-c02]
Scope
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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