We have all learned about the five senses we possess: taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell. Still, we wonder, "Do we possess another sense, a supernatural power? Does ESP actually exist or is it just coincidence?" For over a century, scientists have run thousands of experiments to learn if we have supernatural powers. American parapsychologist, J.B. Rhine, coined the term "extrasensory perception" to describe the apparent ability of some people to acquire information without the use of the known five senses (www.parapsych.org 1). Extrasensory perception, or ESP, has been tested using three categories: telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Skeptics question the validity of these tests and suggest that ESP is attributed to lucky guesses or coincidence (Netzley 10). Despite the lack of belief in extrasensory perception, there is significant evidence and proof that most people possess this power, they just may not know how to use it, and that it clearly exists. (Netzley Parapsych.org).
"Extrasensory perception is the ability to experience reality independently of the known channels of sensory perception. It expands the limits of human experience to permit access to realities otherwise unavailable (Slate 7)." Although people possess ESP, it mostly goes unrecognized and occurs without the awareness of those involved. Likewise, for cases that have been consciously experienced, ESP may be suppressed, rationalized, or denied (Slate 7). As a result of the unconscious activities that have occurred, many instances of psychic occurrences have gone unreported. (Slate).
Extrasensory perception is classified into three main categories: telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition. Telepathy, the ability to receive a thought or feeling from the mind of another (Netzley 12), is "possibly the most frequently used mechanism for interpersonal communication (Slate 9)." Conditions that are commonly associated with occurrences of telepathy include a close personal bond or blood relatedness between subjects, a time of crisis, or an urgent need to communicate when other channels of communication are unavailable.
One of the many topics that create controversial arguments among people is ESP. ... ESP is most commonly known as Extrasensory perception. ... There are several branches to ESP. ... They claim that ESP does, in fact, exist indefinitely. Scientists" have attempted testing for ESP, but don not believe they have ever witnessed strong ESP abilities from any individual. ...
Thus, no effect of ESP belief on precognition was demonstrated. ... Hansel points to another reason for skepticism of ESP research. ... Not only would these participants support the existence of ESP, but their performance may help to illuminate the mechanisms by which ESP might operate. ... In conclusion, the study reported here failed to support previous findings that believers in ESP show more evidence of ESP than non-believers. Indeed ESP was not demonstrated....
Story telling Running Head: Storytelling and Empathy The Effects of Storytelling on Expressions of Empathy in Preschool Aged Children Sarah E. Shafer Earlham College Abstract The present study examined affective and cognitive empathy in preschool children. Seventeen children, ages three to five years, were given The Young Children's Empathy Measure to determine their understanding of empathy. Participants were then read a children's story and given the empathy measure again, to see if they expressed more empathy after hearing about a sympathetic protagonist. A second baseline s...
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Extensively, based on Vygotsky's ideas, scaffolding is employed as a major device to assist SFL approaches to teaching language in Australia, as well as it is used to improve the theory of ESP teaching and EAP writing teaching. ... To support the ESP and EAP theories, educators implicitly use several forms of scaffolding. ... Similar to the view that scaffolding sustains SFL and ESP, Hyland used Wray and Lewis to cite that: "The concept of scaffolding has been applied through the use of writing frames that are created as flexible and provisional forms of scaffolding to help young children...
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