PSY - What does PSY stand for? Acronyms and abbreviations
| Acronym | Definition |
| PSY |
Psychology |
| PSY |
Psychiatry |
| PSY |
Psychic |
Psy may mean:
Something to do with psychology
A commonly used term for psychedelic trance (psytrance), a sub-genre of modern electronic dance music
Something to do with psionics (although usually psi- is used instead)
Something to do with psychics and psychic powers
Psi is a term for parapsychological phenomena derived from the Greek, psi, twenty-third letter of the Greek alphabet; from the Greek psyche, "mind, soul". [1][2] The term was coined by biologist Bertold P. Wiesner, and first used by psychologist Robert Thouless in a 1942 article published in the British Journal of Psychology.[4]
The term psi denotes anomalous processes of information or energy transfer, processes such as telepathy or other forms of extrasensory perception that are currently unexplained in terms of known physical or biological mechanisms. The term is purely descriptive: It neither implies that such anomalous phenomena are paranormal nor connotes anything about their underlying mechanisms.[5]
Similarly, according to the Parapsychological Association, psi can be
used either as a noun or adjective to identify paranormal processes and paranormal causation; the two main categories of psi are psi-gamma (paranormal cognition; extrasensory perception and psi-kappa (paranormal action; psychokinesis), although the purpose of the term "psi" is to suggest that they might simply be different aspects of a single process, rather than distinct and essentially different processes.[6]
In popular culture, "psi phenomena" have become synonymous with psychic and "psionic" phenomena.
References
1. ^ What do parapsychologists study?, Parapsychological Association (2007-02-03)
2. ^ Psi - Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychological Association (2007-01-29)
3. ^ Psi], Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology, Parapsychological Association (2007-01-29)
4. ^ Thouless, R. H. (1942). "Experiments on paranormal guessing". British Journal of Psychology, 33, 15-27.
5. ^ Bem, D. J., & Honorton, C. (1994). Does psi exist? Replicable evidence for an anomalous process of information transfer. Psychological Bulletin', 115'', 4-18.
6. ^ [1] Parapsychological Association Glossary of Parapsychological terms
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