<p>This study was an attempt to replicate the positive results of a precognitive habituation (PH) experiment devised by Bem (2003). The procedure is based on the subliminal mere exposure (SME) design. In an SME procedure subjects are exposed to image-pairs in a preference task, after being exposed to one of those images (the target) subliminally. The target is preferred significantly more often due to the mere exposure effect. In the PH procedure the preference task precedes the exposure and images are of negative and erotic valence. It was hypothesized that due to exposure (in the future), subject preference will increase for negative and decrease for the erotic target images, especially for subjects classified erotically or negatively reactive (Bem, 2003). Also, that an overall (negative and erotic) effect would be shown. The results were not significantly above chance expectation for any of the hypotheses (50.0%; 47.2%, p = .149; 50.8%, p = .279).</p>

Intrinsic motion pertains to the relative movements of a character’s body parts while mobile, while extrinsic motion pertains to those movements in relation to external landmarks. The current study aimed to explore whether the removal of identifiable features of a person (race and color of clothing) would force witnesses to move their focus to extrinsic motion. Previous studies regarding the concept of intrinsic and extrinsic motion have found that witnesses are more likely to encode intrinsic motion with the identity of a person, while extrinsic motion is encoded separately. This made it easier for participants to recognize an actor based on their manner of movement, rather than where the actor was initially seen. By silhouetting the actors and manipulating the background they were shown in later, the current study was able to identify a negative impact on recognition ability when actors were shown against a background they were not initially shown against while silhouetted. The implications of these results are discussed. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2019. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

This study was an attempt to replicate the positive results of a precognitive habituation (PH) experiment devised by Bem (2003). The procedure is based on the subliminal mere exposure (SME) design. In an SME procedure subjects are exposed to image-pairs in a preference task, after being exposed to one of those images (the target) subliminally. The target is preferred significantly more often due to the mere exposure effect. In the PH procedure the preference task precedes the exposure and images are of negative and erotic valence. It was hypothesized that due to exposure (in the future), subject preference will increase for negative and decrease for the erotic target images, especially for subjects classified erotically or negatively reactive (Bem, 2003). Also, that an overall (negative and erotic) effect would be shown. The results were not significantly above chance expectation for any of the hypotheses (50.0%; 47.2%, p = .149; 50.8%, p = .279).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 191-202).

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Thesis (M. S.)--Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Lawrence R. James; Committee Member: Jack Feldman; Committee Member: Richard Catrambone. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

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Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-07-03T20:32:42Z No. of bitstreams: 1 aldierfelixhonorato.pdf: 896370 bytes, checksum: a9bbdec6482f98b577fe308d00411241 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-08T13:28:48Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 aldierfelixhonorato.pdf: 896370 bytes, checksum: a9bbdec6482f98b577fe308d00411241 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T13:28:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 aldierfelixhonorato.pdf: 896370 bytes, checksum: a9bbdec6482f98b577fe308d00411241 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-21 / William James é uma figura central na história da psicologia e da filosofia. Muito se destaca seu The Principles of Psychology (1890) como um dos maiores trabalhos já realizados na área e a teoria do fluxo do pensamento como sua principal contribuição original ao estudo da consciência. Após 1890, James se dedicou à investigação dos estados alterados da consciência, que culminou com a publicação de The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). Nele encontramos a presença do subconsciente como fundamental para a compreensão do fenômeno religioso. O objetivo do presente trabalho, portanto, é explorar em que medida o eu subliminal se desenvolve na psicologia jamesiana para que possa servir de suporte aos estudos das experiências religiosas. Vimos que o ele surge como possibilidade explicativa durante as investigações dos estados alterados da consciência e dos fenômenos psíquicos, uma vez que a teoria do fluxo da consciência não dava conta de explica-los. / William James is a central figure in the history of psychology and philosophy. His The Principles of Psychology (1890) is highly regarded as one of the biggest works already made in the area, and the stream of thought theory is seen as the most important original contribution to the study of consciousness. After 1890, James dedicated himself to the alterated states of consciousness’ investigation, which culminated in The Varieties of Religious Experience’s (1902) publication. In this work, we find the presence of subconscious as fundamental to the comprehension of the religious phenomena. The goal of the present work, therefore, is explore in what dimension the subliminal self develops in the jamesian psychology to be able to serve as support to the religious experience’s studies. We saw that it comes up as an explanatory possibility during the psychical phenomena and altered states of consciousness investigations, since stream of consciousness theory’ could not explain.