These 5 factors can affect whether someone is open to paranormal experiences or not, writes FTMcAndrew
to occur in threatening or ambiguous environments.
So, individuals who believe in ghosts and other paranormal beings may resolve ambiguous stimuli such as cold spots and creaky sounds in an old house as the work of sinister paranormal forces, whereas unbelievers are likely to search for more mundane causes. And given the prevalence of paranormal beliefs in the general population, it is not surprising that so many people end up seeing ghosts. Gallup Polls in 2001 and 2005 revealed that about 75% of Americans hold at least one paranormal belief, and that about 50% embrace enough of them to be described as “believers.”
The most common tool employed by psychologists to measure paranormal beliefs is the “Revised Paranormal Belief Scale” published by Jerome Tobacyk. Tobacyk’s scale measures six categories of paranormal belief as well as traditional religious belief.
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