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THE OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA PLUS BOOMER 'N WHISKERS THREAD! (pg. 155)
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| Boomer187 |
WAKE UP EVERYONE.....
er, wait, its only 3:30 am. stay asleep. hehe. I need to go to bed, but homework calls. eh.
oh and is anyone gonna join my camel toe alliance?
thread reference to alliance |
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| Echo of Silence |
| quote: | Originally posted by Boomer187
SO I have decided to specialize in superstition. Well I am writing a few final papers in measuring it and I noticed that the most popular way is by a simple scale. To me that is retarded, mostly because it shows that someone who ranks an item one higher than another person is therefore more superstitous.
so I thought I would share some of the typical scales.
Paranormal Belief Scale (PBA) reprinted without permission
you are suppose to rate these on a 7 point scale 1 = strongly disagree all the way to 7 = strongly agree
1. The soul continues to exist thought the body may die.
2. Some individuals are able to levitate and travel (lift) objects through mental forces.
3. Black magic really exists.
4. Black cats can bring you bad luck.
5. Your mind or soul can leave your body and travel (astral projection).
6. The abominable snowman of Tibet exists.
7. Astrology is a way to accurately predict the future.
8. There is a devil.
9. Psychokinesis, the movement of objects through psychic powers, does exist.
10. Witches do exist.
11. If you break a mirror, you will have bad luck.
12. During altered states, such as sleep or trances, the spirit can leave the body.
13. The Loch Ness monster of Scotland exists.
14. The horoscope accurately tells a person's future.
15. I believe in God.
16. A person's thoughts can influence the movement of a physical object.
17. Through the use of formulas and incantations, it is possible to cast spells on persons.
18. The number "13" is unluck.
19. Reincarnation does occur.
20. There is life on other planets.
21. Some psychics can accurately predict the future.
22. There is a heaven and a hell.
23. Mind reading is not possible.
24. There are actual cases of witchcraft.
25. It is possible to communicate with the dead.
26. Some people have an unexplained ability to predict the future.
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to me this scale sucks raw ass. most of the items directly ask you about a belief, which historically in psychology is a no-no. Plus another thing is that I can make a 26 item scale which asks about paranormal beliefs that no one konws about. This is really culture specific.
given that, anyone have an idea of how to measure superstition? Ultimately you can break down a lot of habits as superstitions, but that is getting into my paper and I doubt you would want me to post my 10 page paper. eh. |
Hi Boomer! Why would you measure belief on a 1-7 scale? I mean, you either believe something or you don't believe it, right? Does responding 3 or 4 mean "maybe"? Why wouldn't you assign 0 to no, I don't believe and 1 to yes, I do believe.
Or 0 = not, I do not believe this to be true
With 1=unsure
And 2=yes, I believe this to be true
Are 22, 15, 8 considered superstitions?
(Edit: lol noooooooooooooooo I'm not going to join your toe alliance. goof!) |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Hi Boomer! Why would you measure belief on a 1-7 scale? I mean, you either believe something or you don't believe it, right? Does responding 3 or 4 mean "maybe"? Why wouldn't you assign 0 to no, I don't believe and 1 to yes, I do believe.
Or 0 = not, I do not believe this to be true
With 1=unsure
And 2=yes, I believe this to be true
Are 22, 15, 8 considered superstitions?
(Edit: lol noooooooooooooooo I'm not going to join your toe alliance. goof!) |
it is based on a rating scale of how much you agree with the statement. Collectively they measure your belief in superstition. so for example the answer sheet would say...
(1)Strongly Disagree (2)Disagree......(4)Uncertain (5)Agree.....(7)Strongly Agree
so it is checking the degree to which you agree or disagree with the statement.
and with 22, 15, and 8 it is hard to label it as superstition, but it all depends on your definition of superstition. This is a scale in paranormal belief and it is thought that a person that is willing to take a leap of faith and put faith ina religion is also more likely to make a leap of faith and believe in say ESP, or another paranormal belief.
The religion part is a touchy subject I fully intend to try to avoid cause...well you can imagine the response. |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
(Edit: lol noooooooooooooooo I'm not going to join your toe alliance. goof!) |
DOH, come on......join it...come on....
come on....don't be hating on camels. |
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| Echo of Silence |
Camels spit! And burp!
So do you have to poll groups of people or someone else already did the polling and you're just analysing the data?
Overall, people who are religious tend to be more superstitious?
Edit: Sorry. I had to look up paranormal. If someone is religious, they are more likely to believe in the paranormal which may make them more inclined to be superstitious? |
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| Boomer187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Echo of Silence
Camels spit! And burp!
So do you have to poll groups of people or someone else already did the polling and you're just analysing the data?
Overall, people who are religious tend to be more superstitious?
Edit: Sorry. I had to look up paranormal. If someone is religious, they are more likely to believe in the paranormal which may make them more inclined to be superstitious? |
well it would be that if someone is religious, they are more likely to believe in the paranormal, therefore they would be superstitious.
but that does bring on a good rather large and unanswerable questino of the definition of superstition. Yes dictionary.com has a definition, but it is not good enough. You can have superstitious people that believe in the paranormal, and you can have superstitious people that do not believe in the paranormal. So it is a wild thing to talk about.
and yes I will have to run subjects at sometime. I am thinking I will be running them next fall semester if next semester goes good. I will testing them in an experiment first to measure superstition as I like to define it, then I will give them this scale and see if they correlate. Which I think they will not cause I believe what I am looking for is different then what is measured in that scale.
mmmm, I can smell my master's thesis already :). |
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| whiskers |
hi :)
i'll check in later :D |
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| Boomer187 |
Wake up....er wait Im tired...
go back to sleep. |
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| fuct4less |
| good morning everybody |
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| Boomer187 |
| good evening everybody. is anyone else going out to get wasted? |
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| Emil |
Good evening. Checking in for the night, not much planned. Probably going to sleep soon.
Emil |
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| whiskers |
OMFG............
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