parapsychology

parapsychology
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abnormal psychology, academic psychology, analytical psychology, animal psychology, applied psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, comparative psychology, constitutional psychology, criminal psychology, depth psychology, developmental psychology, differential psychology, dynamic psychology, ecological psychology, educational psychology, existential psychology, experimental psychology, faculty psychology, folk psychology, functional psychology, genetic psychology, group psychology, hormic psychology, industrial psychology, mental philosophy, metapsychics, metapsychism, morbid psychology, neuropsychology, panpsychism, phenomenological psychology, physiological psychology, popular psychology, psychic monism, psychical research, psychicism, psychics, psychism, psychobiochemistry, psychobiology, psychodiagnostics, psychodynamics, psychogenetics, psychogeriatrics, psycholinguistics, psychological medicine, psychological warfare, psychology, psychometrics, psychonomics, psychonomy, psychopathology, psychophysics, psychophysiology, psychosomatics, psychosophy, psychotechnics, psychotechnology, psychotherapeutics, race psychology, rational psychology, reactology, reflexology, self psychology, social psychology, structural psychology

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  • parapsychology — par a*psy*chol o*gy n. The field of study concerned with psychological phenomena not explainable by the laws of physics, especially extrasensory perception, telepathy, psychokinesis, precognition, and clairvoyance. Note: The field is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • parapsychology — (n.) 1924, from PARA (Cf. para ) beside + PSYCHOLOGY (Cf. psychology) …   Etymology dictionary

  • parapsychology — ► NOUN ▪ the study of mental phenomena which are outside the sphere of orthodox psychology (such as hypnosis or telepathy). DERIVATIVES parapsychological adjective parapsychologist noun …   English terms dictionary

  • parapsychology — [par΄əsī käl′ə jē] n. [ PARA 1 + PSYCHOLOGY] the branch of psychology that investigates psychic phenomena, such as telepathy, extrasensory perception, or clairvoyance parapsychological [par΄əsī΄kə läj′i kəl] adj. parapsychologist n …   English World dictionary

  • Parapsychology — American psychologist and philosopher William James (1842–1910) was an early psychical researcher.[1] Part of a series of artic …   Wikipedia

  • parapsychology — parapsychological, adj. parapsychologist, n. /par euh suy kol euh jee/, n. the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like. [1925 30;… …   Universalium

  • parapsychology — [[t]pæ̱rəsaɪkɒ̱ləʤi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Parapsychology is the study of strange mental abilities that seem to exist but cannot be explained by accepted scientific theories …   English dictionary

  • parapsychology — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1925 a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence for paranormal psychological phenomena (as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis) • parapsychological adjective •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • parapsychology — noun /ˌpɛrəˌsaɪˈkɑlədʒi/ The study of that which cannot yet be explained; psychic or occult phenomena, such as telepathy and ghosts. See Also: metaphysics, paranormal …   Wiktionary

  • parapsychology — The study of extrasensory perception, such as thought transference (telepathy) and clairvoyance. * * * para·psy·chol·o·gy .par ə (.)sī käl ə jē n, pl gies a field of study concerned with the investigation of evidence fo …   Medical dictionary

  • parapsychology — The study of allegedly paranormal phenomena. Also known as psychical research …   Philosophy dictionary

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