what is ment by paraphycology?

Answer 1

# Derived from the Latin word para, which means beyond, parapsychology literally means beyond psychology. It is generally defined as the scientific study of paranormal phenomena.
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# As Morris defined it, parapsychology is "the study of apparent new means of communication or interaction between an organism and elements in its environment." (Leonard George: Alternative Realities, Facts on File, 1995)
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# 1. the study of the evidence for psychological phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance and psychokinesis, that are inexplicable of science. 2. the branch of psychology that studies psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance and telepathy.
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# The scientific study of unusual events associated with the human experience and PSI subjects.
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# scientific domain dealing with phenomena which cannot be explained by the known laws of physics or biology; the modern equivalent of psychical research.
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# psychic phenomena: phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
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# Parapsychology is the study of the evidence involving phenomena where a person seems to affect or to gain information about something through a means not currently explainable within the framework of mainstream, conventional science. Proponents of the existence of these phenomena usually consider them to be a product of unexplained mental abilities.
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Answer 2

Parapsychology is the study of the paranormal in psychology. This includes things like Telepathy, telekineses, hauntings and a host of other parnormal traits that have a relationsip to the human mind and the psychological effects that can both cause these thigns and be the result of them.

Answer 3

paraphycology means absolutely nothing as far as I know.. everyone is, from a parapsychologic position, taking it for granted that you mean parapsychology. from there on, except for those who poo poo something because they can't understand, I agree with most of what has been said.
oh, and by the way, it is not a sin to look up a word in the dictionary if one is uncertain of how to spell it.

Answer 4

Parapsychology is "fringe". It deals with unexplainable phenomena like encounters with the supernatural.

Answer 5

I think you mean parapsychology. It is the study of the spiritual/occult/spectre/etc. world.

Answer 6

Psychics, clairvoyants, etc.

It's not an established science. More a pseudo-science.

Answer 7

Mumbo jumbo.