Abstract

Repeating a survey made in 1938, the author sent to 515 Fellows of the APA questionnaires concerning their attitudes toward ESP investigations. Of the 70% who replied, over 80% viewed ESP as either "a remote possibility," "an impossibility," or "merely an unknown." 89% considered ESP investigation a legitimate scientific undertaking; 78% thought it came within the province of academic psychology. Other questions dealt with the source of the respondents\' opinions and with criticisms of research conduct and suggestions for improvement of methods. The answers to the 1952 questionnaire were compared with those of the 1938 survey and little change in psychological opinion was found to have occurred in the intervening 14 years.