The Phenomenon Called Telepathy Prereading Read the title.
1. How would you define telepathy? Use your own words.
You may answer in Hebrew טלפתיה היא יכולת לשלוח ו/או לקבל מחשבות ללא התערבות של אמצעיים מלאכותיים של תקשורת .
Close Reading Read the section “What is Telepathy?”
2 . Find the definition of the following:
a. telepathy: Telepathy is direct transference of thoughts from one person to another, without using the usual sensory channels of communication b. receiver / percipient: The person who receives the thoughts is known as the receiver or percipient c. sender / agent: The person who sends the thoughts is known as the sender or agent
3 .
Are telepathy and ESP the same thing?
YES In the text- Another term for the phenomenon is extrasensory perception (ESP)
4 . According to the parapsychological research studies mentioned in paragraph 1, telepathy:
MAY EXIST " While the existence of telepathy has not yet been proved, some studies have produced favourable results. These studies were carried out by parapsychologists who investigate strange mental abilities that seem to exist, but are not possible according to accepted scientific theories" 5. In paragraph 2, the writer describes two types of card guessing techniques used on tests in telepathic studies. Complete the table below to show:
a. what the agent / sender does in each type of test b. what the percipient / receiver does in each type of test.
What the Agent/Sender does ….

6 . List two ways in which precognition has been tested.
i. a pack of cards ii. to foretell results of dice throws 7. In paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, the writer gives the results of a number of studies on telepathy.
Does the writer think that these studies clearly show the existence of telepathy?
NO (Circle your choice.) Support your answer by giving three pieces of information from the text.
i. However it is rare to have results that are higher than what would be expected by chance.
ii. the statistical support has generally been less convincing than from experiments in telepathy iii. This far exceeded Mitchell's expectations, but still was only moderately significant.

8 .
What is the difference between ‘precognitive dreams’ and ‘collective dreams’?
(paragraph 5)….