ESP and Personality Patterns

by Gertrude Raffel Schmeidler

A report on the relation between personality and extrasensory perception, based on data gathered by a psychologist and statistical analysis by a physicist.

CHAPTER TITLES: --- EVIDENCE THAT ESP OCCURS --- THE INITIAL EXPERIMENT: SEPARATING THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS --- FURTHER TESTS OF INDIVIDUAL SHEEP AND GOATS --- GROUP TESTS OF DHEEP AND GOATS --- ESP ACCEPTANCE: A SURVEY --- THE RORSCHACH TEST AND ESP SCORES --- ESP TESTS OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CEREBRAL CONCUSSION --- FRUSTRATION IN RELATION TO ESP --- HOW COMMON IS ESP? --- TENTATIVE CONCLUSIONS, AND FURTHER PROBLEMS.

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Gertrude Raffel Schmeidler was Professor Emerita of Psychology, City University of New York, and twice served as President of the Parapsychological Association. She received her doctorate in Psychology from Harvard University in 1949, and also held offices in the American Society for Psychical Research.

Reviews

[Courtney S · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cursory overview of the early work on ESP, with especially careful criticism of the effects of the fast and loose research methods of the early 20th century explorations into psychic abilities. This isn’t the paramount read on ESP or psychological research but it is a fun glimpse into where the field was at the time. Written for the lay reader- easy to follow!