The document defines key terms related to the study of anomalistic psychology and parapsychology. It discusses pseudoscience, scientific fraud, falsification, reliability, and methodological pluralism as they relate to the scientific study of phenomena such as ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and psychokinesis. It also defines terms like ganzfeld, white noise, pink noise, and the file-drawer effect which are methodological concepts used in researching potential psi abilities.

1. Anomalistic psychologyThe study of human behavior and experience connected with what is often called the paranormal, without the assumption that there is anything paranormal involvedPseudoscience claim, belief, or practice posing as science, but which does not constitute or adhere to an appropriate scientific methodology, lacks supporting evidence or plausibility, or otherwise lacks scientific statusScientific fraudviolation of the standard codes of scholarly conduct and ethical behavior in professional scientific researchFalsification Concept discovered by Karl Popper, that a theory can only be correct and scientific if there is something to prove it wrong objectivity Views that are based on observable phenomena and not on personal opinion, prejudice or emotionsReliabilityBeing able to replicated the study and if the findings are the same or simile then the theory is correctMethodological pluralismWhen a research uses more than one ‘method’ in their analysis. Hypothetic deductive methodBasic rule in science that you make a hypothesis first and then investigate and test the hypothesis EmpiricismThe experience is central to the development and formation of knowledge Psi phenomenaRelates to the collective study of paranormal eventse.g. ESPTelepathy Mind reading- communication between minds through non-convention means Clairvoyance Contract with the non-living- the power to perceiver objects, persons or events nor accessible by way of the normal senses precognition Predicting future event- knowledge of something before it actually occursESP Extra sensory perception- ability to perceive outside the known sensory systemVibration frequencies Quasi-scientific ‘not strictly scientific’Ganzfield German word meaning ‘total field’ and method used by anomalistic psychologists to examine ESPWhite noiseA type of noise that is created by combining all forms of human sound together with different frequenciesPink noise White noise but without the high frequencies left outGanzfield chamber An enclosed environmentally controlled roomFree associateWriting down everything that comes to your headFile-drawer effect Selective reporting of previous research, information that is easily accessed, whereas information that is hardly ever referred to gradually gets lostSheep-goat effectThe suggestion that the attitude of the participant (whether they believe in ESP or not) can effect ESP scoresMacro PKA form of Psychokinesis that focus on clearly observable effect Micro PK A form of Psychokinesis with weaker effect that are not always noticeable to the naked eye and often requires statistical evaluation Psychokinesis <br />