psychometry
psy·chom·e·try
P0635850 (sī-kŏm′ĭ-trē)psychometry
(saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ)psy•chom•e•try
(saɪˈkɒm ɪ tri)n.
psychometrics, psychometry
psychometry
| Noun | 1. | psychometry - any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements |
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| 释义 | psychometrypsy·chom·e·tryP0635850 (sī-kŏm′ĭ-trē)psychometry(saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ)psy•chom•e•try(saɪˈkɒm ɪ tri)n. psychometrics, psychometrypsychometry
PsychometryPsychometry(religion, spiritualism, and occult)Psychometry, also known as psychoscopy, is the ability to hold an object in the hands and to divine from it the history of that object. Spiritualist mediums, psychics, and others, can take a ring, watch, or similar object that has been in close contact with a person, and are able to “read” the past and present of the object itself and of those who have been in close contact with it for any length of time. The name (which is derived from the Greek psyche meaning “soul” and metron meaning “measure") was given by Dr. Joseph Rhodes Buchanan (1814–1899), a pioneer in psychometric research. The theory is that everything that has ever existed has left its mark—some trace of its existence—on the ether. Lewis Spence suggests that haunted houses demonstrate this on a larger scale; events that took place left their impressions in the rooms, to be picked up by psychics. Impressions received through psychometry may vary in intensity, depending upon the acuteness of the atmosphere which has affected the object. Everyone has the ability to psychometrize, though many need to practice at it in order to bring out what is latent. There is a well known story of Professor William Denton, a minerologist and researcher on psychometry, giving his wife and his mother meteoric fragments and other items, all carefully wrapped in paper so that they could not be seen. Denton’s wife had done psychometry before. She held to her forehead a package containing carboniferous material, and immediately started describing swamps and trees with tufted heads and scaled trunks (palm trees). Denton then gave her lava from a Hawaiian volcanic eruption. She held it and described a “boiling ocean” of golden lava. Denton’s mother, who did not believe in psychometry, was given a meteorite. She held it a moment then said, “I seem to be traveling away, away through nothing—I see what looks like stars and mist.” Spiritualist mediums say “spirit speaks first.” What is meant by this is that first impressions are the most important. If too much thought is given, for too long, about the object being held, the mind starts trying to think logically and, whether consciously or unconsciously, to reason. If what first comes into the head is stated, no matter how outlandish it may seem at the time, it will invariably be the correct observation. Psychics and sensitives have traced lost and stolen property and found missing people through the use of psychometry. Gérard Croiset frequently concentrated his energies on an object that had belonged to a missing person, in order to find them. Sources: psychometrypsychometry[si-kom´et-re]psy·chom·e·try(sī-kom'ĕ-trē),psychometry(sī-kŏm′ĭ-trē)psychometryFringe medicine(1) Psychometric analysis, see there. (2) Object reading, see there. Mainstream psychology (1) Any test used to measure a psychologic variable (e.g., abilities, intelligence, moods, personality). The term “psychometric testing” is increasingly preferred, given the potential for confusing legitimate psychological testing formats with pseudoscientific methods. (2) The science of testing and measuring mental and psychologic ability, efficiency potentials and functioning—e.g., psychopathologic components. psy·chom·e·try(sī'kom'ĕ-trē)Synonym(s): psychometrics. psychometryThe measurement of psychological functions, including correlative ability, memory, aptitudes, concentration and response to logical puzzles. Intelligence has never been adequately defined and so there are no tests for pure intelligence.psychometry
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