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dc.contributor.author | Storm, Lance | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ertel, Suitbert | en |
dc.contributor.author | Rock, Adam John | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-11T11:11:00Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Scientific Exploration, 27(3), p. 415-435 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0892-3310 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17266 | - |
dc.description.abstract | According to Reactance Theory (Brehm & Brehm 1981), when an individual's freedom is threatened through some form of coercion, reactance usually sets in. Reactance is "a motivational state aimed at restoring the threatened freedom" (Silvia 2005:277), which may explain the tendency for believers ('sheep') to psi-hit and non-believers ('goats') to psi-miss. In this study, the effect of reactance on psi performance was investigated using Ertel's (2005a, 2005b) Ball Selection Test. It was hypothesized that goats are more reactant than sheep in psi tests because goats are predisposed to disproving the psi hypothesis which requires noncompliance. In a laboratory setting, participants completed up to four runs (60 trials/run) of paranormal target-seeking (trying to predict the numbers on table tennis balls). Hit rate for the whole sample (N = 82) was significant, 21.06% (p = .002), where PMCE = 20%. Participants were randomly assigned to a control condition (n = 42) or treatment condition (n = 40) requiring them to read a statement that induced reactance. A significant reactance effect was found. There was no significant sheep-goat effect, but the relationship between psi-hit rates and sheep-goat scores was significant. Reactant goats scored significantly lower than control sheep, as expected, but not significantly lower than control goats. Pre-test scores on Tension and Confusion, as measured on The Profile of Mood States-Short Form (POMS-SF) (McNair, Lorr, & Droppleman 1971) predicted psi outcomes. | en |
dc.language | en | en |
dc.publisher | Society for Scientific Exploration | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Scientific Exploration | en |
dc.title | The Sheep-Goat Effect as a Matter of Compliance vs. Noncompliance: The Effect of Reactance in a Forced-Choice Ball Selection Test | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
dc.subject.keywords | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Lance | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Suitbert | en |
local.contributor.firstname | Adam John | en |
local.subject.for2008 | 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2008 | 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | en |
local.profile.school | School of Psychology | en |
local.profile.email | arock@une.edu.au | en |
local.output.category | C1 | en |
local.record.place | au | en |
local.record.institution | University of New England | en |
local.identifier.epublicationsrecord | une-20150327-085753 | en |
local.publisher.place | United States of America | en |
local.format.startpage | 415 | en |
local.format.endpage | 435 | en |
local.peerreviewed | Yes | en |
local.identifier.volume | 27 | en |
local.identifier.issue | 3 | en |
local.title.subtitle | The Effect of Reactance in a Forced-Choice Ball Selection Test | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Storm | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Ertel | en |
local.contributor.lastname | Rock | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:lstorm | en |
dc.identifier.staff | une-id:arock | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.profile.role | author | en |
local.identifier.unepublicationid | une:17479 | en |
local.identifier.handle | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17266 | en |
dc.identifier.academiclevel | Academic | en |
local.title.maintitle | The Sheep-Goat Effect as a Matter of Compliance vs. Noncompliance | en |
local.output.categorydescription | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | en |
local.search.author | Storm, Lance | en |
local.search.author | Ertel, Suitbert | en |
local.search.author | Rock, Adam John | en |
local.uneassociation | Unknown | en |
local.year.published | 2013 | en |
local.subject.for2020 | 520599 Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | en |
local.subject.seo2020 | 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology | en |
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