Psychology 2011A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Fantasy Prone Personality, Parapsychology, Raymond Moody

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2011A/B
• Professor: Imants Baruss

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Scientism = conscious is a byproduct of the brain (when the brain ceases to function do does consciousness) 1982 gallup poll = 67% believed in life after death: 32% for doctors, 16% for scientists. Moore and prof found 26% of academics and 27% of consciousness researchers agree that personal consciousness continues after death. Obe = somasensthetic sense of being located outside of the physical body. 10% prev in general population: 25% college students, 42% schizos, 44% weed smokers, 48% parapsychology groups, 88% fantasy prone. Tendency to report having more than one. Survival hypothesis: a disembodied consciousness of some such discarante element of human personality might survive bodily death at least for some time. Only some pertain to physical world: ex) moore had obes that allowed him to explore nonphysical aspects of the universe in which he encountered intelligent beings most not being human. 19% had obes that verified reason to district authority figure.