psychometry

Object memory sensing

Psychometry has two distinct meanings.

In psychology, it refers to the measurement of mental abilities and processes through standardized tests—IQ tests, personality inventories, aptitude assessments.

In paranormal contexts, psychometry is the supposed ability to perceive information about a person or event by touching an associated object: The medium practiced psychometry, holding the victim's watch to sense what had happened.

paranormal

touch

Perceiving through physical contact

vibrations · past · memories · history · artifacts · relics · handling · visions · psychic · sensitivity

assessment

evaluation

Determining worth or quality

scoring · validity · reliability · norming · percentile · MMPI · Rorschach

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Opposites
METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION (paranormal sense)

psychometryremote viewing

Alleged psychic distance perception

laboratory testing · telepathy · clairvoyance · empirical observation · forensic analysis

empirical vs. paranormal epistemology

psychometryempiricism

Knowledge through observation

scientific method · empirical observation · materialism · skepticism · rationalism

assessment approach

psychometrycase study method

Learning from documented examples

subjective interpretation · hermeneutics

Phrases
Family

psychometric, psychometrics, psychometrician

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