Personality
correlates of ESP
R.L. Terry & J.K. Kramer |
ESP
scores (the number of correct identifications of 5 Zener-type color
cards out of 200 Attempts) of 92 Ss were compared with personality
factor scores. Factors of enthusiasm and self-control were negatively
correlated with ESP score, and the factor of submissiveness was curvilinearly
related: positive and negative ESP Ss were more submissive than low
ESP Ss. however, Ss, whose ESP scores exceeded a chance probability
of .01, compared to all other Ss serving as a normative group, scored
significantly higher in confidence and stability, suggesting that
ESP ability is perhaps discontinuous with respect to personality
profiles.
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