What Is the Main Reason Many, If Not Most, Psychologists

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Multiple Choice

What is the main reason many, if not most, psychologists doubt the existence of extrasensory perception (ESP) ?

• A) No researchers have been able to replicate experimental results that seem to demonstrate the existence of extrasensory perception.
• B) There is no known statistical method that can be used to analyze the data from ESP studies.
• C) There is no known methodology that can scientifically test claims of extrasensory perception.
• D) Meta-analyses of research using the ganzfeld procedure demonstrated that positive ESP results were always due to methodological flaws.

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Definitions:

Negative Network Externalities

Adverse effects on a user of a product or service because the number of other users is too large or incompatible in some way.

Snob Effect

A phenomenon where the demand for a particular good increases as the price increases because the good is perceived as exclusive or high-status.

Pure Price Effect

The impact on consumer demand and behavior resulting solely from a change in the price of a good or service, with income and substitution effects considered separately.

Externality Effect

The impact of one person's actions on the well-being of a bystander, which may be positive or negative and not reflected in market prices.