Abstract

This experiment studied possible relationships between personality characteristics of Ss, the kind and intensity of Ss\' emotional reaction to verbal test material, and direction of ESP deviation. Ss were designated "Likers" or "Dislikers" and divided into 5 "anxiety" group: High-, Mid-, and Low-Anxious. Each of the 25 verbal items was rated for Like or Dislike and intensity of reaction. The S wrote his rating in 1 of 5 blank spaces following the item, attempting to choose the "target" space by precognition. The High-Anxious group had the highest ESP scores and scored at a highly significant level on their Primary responses. That higher ESP scores would occur with extremely-rated than with moderately rated words was confirmed for High-Anxious Ss only.