What would it take to scientifically demonstrate the existence of ESP?
a. uncritical acceptance by the media and the public
b. a double-blind study that would replicate both a run of luck and a decline effect
c. a mass media study involving a million ESP trials in which people from the United States and other countries would attempt to identify ESP targets from a distance
d. a set of instructions that would allow any competent, unbiased observer to produce a psi event under standardized conditions that rule out any possibility of fraud
D
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a. increases in academic achievement. b. declines in academic achievement. c. decreases in adjustment problems. d. corresponding accomplishments in all areas of achievement.
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a. True b. False