Hey in grad school that was a research paper. I ended up going through about 15 or so fundamentalist churches in SW Virginia to get people to participate. I ended up learning a lot more about speaking in tongues and that flavour of evangelical Christianity than I ever wanted to.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > heck, I didnt need a research paper to tell me its bullshit ;) > > -- > zB > > From: Larry C. Lyons Larry C. Lyons > Reply: [email protected] [email protected] > Date: January 22, 2014 at 2:13:04 PM > To: cf-community [email protected] > Subject: Re: Alaska must really mess with your head > > Totally bogus and most likely faked. A lot of research has shown that > speaking in tongues has nothing to do with religion. > http://www.whyilefttherevivalfellowship.com/downloads/Glossolalia-as-Learned-Behavior-An-Experimental-Demonstration.pdf > > Glossolalia as learned behavior: An experimental demonstration. > Spanos, Nicholas P.; Cross, Wendy P.; Lepage, Mark; Coristine, Marjorie > Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol 95(1), Feb 1986, 21-23. > doi:10.1037/0021-843X.95.1.21 > > Abstract > > 60 1844 yr old undergraduates listened to a 60-sec sample of > glossolalia (defined to them as pseudolanguage) and then attempted to > produce glossolalia on a 30-sec baseline trial. Afterward, half of the > Ss received 2 training sessions that included audio- and videotaped > samples of glossolalia interspersed with opportunities to practice > glossolalia. Also, live modeling of glossolalia, direct instruction, > and encouragement were provided by an experimenter. Both the trained > Ss and untreated controls attempted to produce glossolalia on a 30-sec > posttest trial. About 20% of Ss exhibited fluent glossolalia on the > baseline trial, and training significantly enhanced fluency. 70% of > trained Ss spoke fluent glossolalia on the posttest. Findings are more > consistent with social learning than with altered state conceptions of > glossolalia. (13 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all > rights reserved) > > And this > > http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/abn/88/4/427/ > Glossolalia: A test of the "trance" and psychopathology hypotheses. > Spanos, Nicholas P.; Hewitt, Erin C. > Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol 88(4), Aug 1979, 427-434. > doi:10.1037/0021-843X.88.4.427 > > Abstract > > Tested 3 hypotheses concerning glossolalia: that glossolalia (a) > results from a "hyperaroused trance," (b) is associated with high > levels of hypnotic susceptibility, and (c) is symptomatic of > psychopathology. Contrary to the "trance" hypothesis, 12 experienced > glossolalics (aged 1823 yrs) performed glossolalia with eyes open and > without accompanying kinetic activity (e.g., trembling, shaking) or > residual disorientation. Moreover, memory deficits following > glossolalic speech occurred to the same degree following nontrance > control activity. Glossolalics and 36 nonglossolalic control Ss > matched for age, sex, and level of education did not differ from one > another on hypnotic susceptibility, absorption, or measures of > psychopathology (e.g., Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, Eysenck Personality > Inventory). Findings are consistent with nontrance formulations that > conceptualize the acquisition and maintenance of glossolalia in terms > of social-learning variables. (52 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) > 2012 APA, all rights reserved) > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Video recorded herself even wow.. >> >> http://www.christianpost.com/news/gop-senate-candidate-kathleen-tonn-delivers-message-in-the-holy-ghost-and-tongues-to-unsaved-woman-in-steam-room-to-confuse-satan-113089/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Zaphod Beeblebrox >> Sent with Airmail >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369271 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
