Extraordinary Beliefs : A Historical Approach to a Psychological Problem
Peter. Lamont
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (336 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; A brief reflexive preface; Acknowledgements; ONE Introduction; Observations on an extraordinary feat; Some extraordinary beliefs past and present; Understanding paranormal beliefs; Why history of Psychology?; Psychological knowledge as constructed; Psychological knowledge is constructive; A history of unorthodox Psychology; TWO The making of the extraordinary; The performance of magic: how it is done; Effects, methods and misdirection: what you see, and what you don't; The role of pseudo-explanations in magic; The reception of magic: how it is seen; Believing in magic. - Framing an extraordinary feat (in performance and reception)Beliefs and discourse; THREE The making of mesmeric phenomena; Framing mesmeric phenomena (in performance); Framing mesmeric demonstrations (in reports): reporting the facts; Framing the phenomena as extraordinary; Framing the phenomena as ordinary; The construction of a new boundary between ordinary and extraordinary; Framing a failed demonstration of mesmeric clairvoyance; Framing a successful demonstration; Framing an exposure of mesmerism; Constructing a psychology of error. - Mesmerism and the constructive powers of psychological knowledgeDiscussion; FOUR The making of spiritualist phenomena; Framing séance phenomena (in performance); Framing séance phenomena (the reception): reporting the facts; Managing extraordinariness; Constructing and deploying expertise; Framing séance phenomena as not real; Framing séance phenomena as trickery; The framing of failures, duplications and exposures; Discussion; FIVE The making of psychic phenomena; The birth of psychic phenomena; The problems of framing mind-reading: the case of Washington Irving Bishop. - Scientific psychology and the psychology of errorThe case of Munsterberg and Beulah Miller; Discussion; SIX The making of paranormal phenomena; The making of parapsychology; The making of mind-reading, c. 1900-1970; The making of Marion; The making of paranormal belief; The making of the modern sceptic; Discussion; SEVEN The making of extraordinary beliefs; The particularity of extraordinary beliefs; Extraordinary beliefs and expertise; On other beliefs about extraordinary phenomena; Understanding extraordinary beliefs; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This book examines the remarkable feats of mesmerists, mediums and mind-readers, and provides a new psychology of extraordinary beliefs.
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| ISBN | 9781107019331. - 9781107688025
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