PSY 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psych, Psi Chi, Therapeutic Touch
8 Dec 2016
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Study through a 9 year old"s science project. Therapeutic touch = widely used nursing practice. Claim to treat conditions by manipulating human energy field (hef) Few well designed studies on tt; panel convened by uchsc said not sufficient body of data, both in quality and quantity, to establish tt as a unique and efficacious healing modality. No reported study attempted to test whether a tt practitioner could actually detect hef. Theory formal statement of the relations among iv and dv in area. Tt based on idea tht patient"s energy field can be detected and manipulated by therapist. Faith of patient on this will not make significant difference in healing. Research hyp: experimenter"s prediction of outcome of research project. Tt practitioners should be able to correctly id which of their own hands is closest to investigator"s hands even when blinded. Experienced practitioners of tt asked to state whether unseen hand hovered above lh or rh.
