Exploring Human Potential: Psychical experience in the Light of Some personal and Demographical Variables

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 214 - 234, 29.10.2018

Samah Khaled Zahran

Abstract

This paper is an initial survey
that was conducted to map Psychical Experiences (psi) in
the Arabic countries. In this paper, I explained how psi experience can be an
essential part of our psychological system. A previous
studies shows that paranormal activities is normal and is an important among social, clinical
psychologists and sociologists. This research is quantitatively designed.
Survey tools were used to collect data from 35 respondents. Amongst them were 16 male and 19 females. The data was analysed by using SPSS version 13 software.
The results showed that the correlations between some personal, demographical
variables are positive, while some of psi experiences showed significant correlations among psi aspects.
The way we believe in psi aspect does affect how we perceive these
experiences. Educational level is the most significant variable
that affects the psi belief.
Precognitive dreams and telepathy are the most psi experience that happens
at unconsciousness level or between consciousness and unconsciousness status.
The more we study psi, the more we spot on our unconscious hidden realm and its
unlimited abilities.

Keywords

Psychical experiences (Psi), personal-demographical variables, psi map, belief in psi, psychology, sociolog, religion, personality, cognitive, paranormal, telepathy, gender, déjà vu, Psychokinesis, extra-sensory perception, Arabic countries

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