''Psi hit'' and ''psi miss'' are terms used in discussion of
parapsychological experimentation to describe the success or failure of the subject in achieving the desired result more often than could be expected through chance alone.
[Psi-Missing]
- Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychology Association (2007-04-13) Used only when the results are notably better than chance.
A psi ''miss'' is specifically used to refer to instances where the subject has failed to achieve the result through psi, rather than where they have a non-significant negative score gained through random guessing.
[Varvoglis, Mario, Ph.D.]
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History
In 1942, Gertrude Schmeidler
Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to:
Places In space
*Gertrude (crater), a crater on Uranus's moon Titania
*710 Gertrud, a minor planet
Terrestrial placenames
*Gertrude, Arkansas
*Gertrude, Washington
*Gertrude, West Virginia
People
*Gertrude (giv ...
, a professor of psychology at City University of New York
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, used a questionnaire to discover the beliefs of test subjects concerning psi. She called those who thought psi existed "sheep", and those who did not think psi existed (or did not believe it could influence the tests) she called "goats". When she compared the results of the questionnaire to the results of the psi test, she found that the "sheep" scored significantly above chance, and the "goats" scored significantly below chance.Parapsychological Association
The Parapsychological Association (PA) was formed in 1957 as a professional society for parapsychologists following an initiative by Joseph B. Rhine. Its purpose has been "to advance parapsychology as a science, to disseminate knowledge of the fie ...
from 2001 to 2002:''Who is Mario Varvoglis?''
from the website of the Parapsychological Association
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See also
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Parapsychology
Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near ...
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Extra Sensory Perception
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True-believer syndrome
True-believer syndrome is an informal or rhetorical term used by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book ''The Psychic Mafia''. Keene coined the term in that book. He used the term to refer to people who continued to believe in a paranormal event or pheno ...
References
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Paranormal terminology