GHOSTS

The Quest after Ghosts

Ghosts are all around us: if we but have the eyes to see.

Is this so? Is it true? What accounts for the current popularity of belief in ghosts and searching for them?

Can we trust reports of those who hunt for ghosts? Ghost Busters?? Ghost hunting television series

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories
  • Fact or Faked
  • Ghost Adventures
  • Ghost Hunters
  • Danny Phantom
  • Ghost Hunters International
  • Ghost Lab Ghost Stories (2009 TV series)
  • Most Haunted
  • Most Terrifying Places in America
  • My Ghost Story
  • My Ghost Story
  • Paranormal State
  • Paranormal Challenge

    • Can we trust these shows to present accurate information and careful study?

    : Penn and Teller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diXHT8WDuMc

    GHOST HUNTER HOAXES

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHYk2oVFp8o

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9w8oBSBw0

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBBNupoyLro

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7HGvzUfYUg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pne3J6HXjYg

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlM-Uy8ODYQ

    Alternative Naturalistic Explanations of reports of encounters with ghosts:

    Possible Psychological Phenomena in Experiences of Ghosts:

  • Misidentification
  • Psychology of atypical Perception
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Attention deficit hyperactive disorder ADHD
  • Self Delusion
  • Hallucinations
  • Subjective biases

    • READINGS: offered through links to internet sites and some below

    1. Matthew J Sharps, Eyewitness to the paranormal: The Experimental Psychology of the 'Unexplained" Skeptical Inquirer 36(4):39-43

    How accurate are observations of human beings? How accurate when they are influenced by their motivations or surroundings?

    VIDEOS:

  • Test your brain perception 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_CN5kY_FeY&feature=related
  • Test your brain perception 2:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzXi5bCikCc&feature=fvwrel
  • Test your brain perception 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DAdQiuyv7s&feature=relmfu
  • Observation Test  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GEEvvTiiQk
  • Awareness Test  http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=EzC_sHTW43c&feature=fvwp
  • Apple Awareness Test http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=mvNbXB722eI&feature=endscreen
  • Bogosity Ep. 7: Pareidolia (Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x9fkQlxfvw
  • The Eyewitness Test: How do you stack up?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6fRH5MLBIU>
  • Agents of Cracked : Why You Can't Trust Eye Witness Testimony   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bwRU30pUQ&feature=related
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZsckuKiH94

    • How accurate are our memories?

    VIDEOS:

  • How Accurate Is Visual Memory?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hu_A08ACWk&feature=bf_prev&list=PLB96E0577AE35CEB3
  • Exclusive: The Bunny Effect manufacture someone's memory?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZlPzSeUDDw&feature=relmfu
  • Stress And Memory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngdfTgfFIlQ&feature=relmfu

    • How and why do people believe in what has little evidence to support it?

    VIDEOS:

    Psychology of Belief,, Part 1: Informational Influence   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1A9vrsw6Hw&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 2: Insufficient Justification   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkJc6c3nKMw&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 3: Confirmation Bias  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCqftOYHX4&feature=fvwrel

    Psychology of Belief, Part 4: Misinformation Effect   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJic51MeVaU&feature=related

    Psychology of Belief, Part 5: Compliance Techniques  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x19z5Jb_pg&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 6: Hallucinations  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwJsNTZFdcU&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 7: Projection  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCFLHGNc1wo&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 8: Need for Closure  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jHO-7aodbw&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 9: Agenticity  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwP9QusSxfc&feature=relmfu

    Psychology of Belief, Part 10: Summary and Conclusions  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B09Lou1kv7M&feature=relmfu

    http://casualentropy.blogspot.com/2011/12/flow-chart-part-10.html


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