When an Experimenter Began to Make Observations of a Psychic's

question 1

Multiple Choice

When an experimenter began to make observations of a psychic's behavior, the psychic's ESP disappeared. A parapsychologist claimed that the experimenter was generating negative energy that interfered with the ESP. Since scientific study requires that a researcher make observations, this creates a problem in that the parapsychologist is:

• A) making an argument from possibility.
• B) relying upon authority and low-quality evidence.
• C) making the ESP hypothesis untestable.
• D) making the ESP hypothesis implausible.

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