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Culture - People intake media that is related to paranormal activity, and people then output that as a paranormal activity in their own lives.

Motivation - The paranormal is very entertaining, and money is a key motivation in the paranormal. People present the paranormal as an entertainment industry regardless of the truth behind it.

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Culture: Culture may play a role in someone that claims to experiencing paranormal activity. The reason for this may be due to their connection to the afterlife or death in general.
Environmental: People in different regions are more likely to see spirts that are native to their area. Like a ghost that's known to haunt a certain place, or a well known spirit. People might say, "there is a reporting of hauntings in that house, it is an old grandma", then people may find themselves looking for grandmas. Or like how regions have their own folklore and monsters, for example teh chupacabra.

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Culture - How you grow up and what religion you may or may not believe in can alter your beliefs on the paranormal. Some religions are very against or have strong beliefs in ghosts or spirits.

Environmental - If you are in a certain place or time, you may feel as if a house is haunted based on it looking like a haunted house you've seen before. A time of day like 3 am is considered a paranormal time, so people will be anxious or scared.

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People who are around others that talk about paranormal activity can believe that they're experiencing paranormal activity

If someone loses a loved one, they go into isolation and have low sensory stimulation

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Grief: grief can lead to isolation and low sensory stimulation. This makes you more sensitive to small noises and such, leading you to believe you saw something out of the ordinary.

Religion: almost every religion has created some sort of explanation as to what happens after we die. This can lead to paranormal activity being more believable.

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Motivation: If your loved one has passed away, it's comforting to think that they're still with you or that you can communicate with them.

Expectations: If you're nervous about paranormal activity, your brain will pick up on external stimuli and make you paranoid that there's a presence.

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Explanation, When isolated coupled with stress, and low sensory stimulation it could cause you to think you saw something paranormal. Things like lack of oxygen and changes in brain chemistry can also cause a possible presence.

Expectations can also influence you because if you are expecting a place to be haunted then you will practically force yourself to think the place is haunted, even if nothing happens.

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Grief is a real world example that influences experiencing alleged paranormal activities because it often isolates people and puts them in environments with low stimulus and high stress which can lead to sensing paranormal presences

Expectations is a real world example that influences experiencing alleged paranormal activities because if you are in a building that is called "haunted" or there is history of people dying there, it is more likely you will convince yourself you are feeling some sort of presence

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Enviormental- People think that the atmosphere or geology around you plays apart in paranormal activity. A change in surroundings is a probable cause.

Grief- Grief could bring about paranormal activity from the long periods of isolation or from long periods of low sensory stimulation.

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Culture: Based on how you grow up and what religion you believe in, it weights you perception on paranormal activity. Depending on your religion some either practice or believe in the paranormal.

Environmental: Depending on where you're and what time it can influence your mind on paranormal. As it might change your reaction and mind.

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Culture: some cultures have different beliefs than others do. They have different connections with things, while other people have connections with other things in the world. They also live in different areas in the world. So culture will always be different.

Past Experiences: it influences the chance that you might see a paranormal entity because if you had just lost a loved one you would be feeling a lot of grief and your brain might think that there still there.

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Culture can be a very big factor in viewing paranormal activities. Religion may play a factor in this due to the belief of an afterlife, and unrested souls.

Expectation- people can do something that they may feel would trigger a paranormal activity, leading to their brain making them think they are expiriencing something paranormal if something out of the ordinary happens.

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A lot of people believe/follow some sort of religion and in those religions the acceptance of otherworldly beings is part of the religion. (things like angels and demons)

When people grieve they can sometimes turn to other coping mechanisms like perceiving things that aren't there or trying their hardest to believe that their loved ones are still there with them.

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Environmental: If somebody has recently experienced the death of a loved one and they are longing for them, then they will think they are seeing them because they want to see them.
Past experiences: If you have lived in a haunted house and experienced something like that, then you will be more likely to believe that it is happening to you again.

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Motivation - experiencing a traumatic experience can give you long lasting motivation, trying to fix a wrong or avoid something.

Grief - Grief can affect yourself mentally as well as the energy around you, this can affect “paranormal activity”

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The enviorments role can change the way that someone can feel about a missed love one like when you see a rainy day and you used to dance in the rain.

Past Experiences role is when you miss see someone because you used to play with them

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our past experiences could include grief. Grief can cause us to isolate and deny what we have lost. This grief can cause hormone imbalances that can lead us seeing paranormal activity.

very religious people are less scared of death, because basically every major has an afterlife explanation. These can include spirits and ghosts which the brain can be tricked into seeing.

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Past experiences: your past can affect how you perceive the world. For example, if you've had a death in the family, you're more likely to see their ghost because you want to believe they're stil around.

Culture: A person's culture can make them predisposed to believing in paranormal activity.  For example, in religion, it's often taught that there is life in the afterlife and this would cause someone to be more likely to see ghosts or feel spirits.

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Culture- People view many paranormal movies and apply what they see in the real life. They will sense things happening to them as what may happened in a scary movie.

Past Experiences- If someone felt like some paranormal activity was going on around them before, they might always connect that feeling with the scenario.

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Motivation's role in experiencing paranormal activity falls within "explanations" category, in that when people experience something out of the ordinary that is challenging to explain with science or otherwise, they turn to paranormal relation.

The Environmental role in paranormal activity plays again into the explanations subset, given that when people experience something they struggle to explain with science, they may also turn to Environmental causes.

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Enviroment: when someone is grieving a sense of denial can evoke a feeling of their loved ones presence.

Motovation: when you are around things that you cant fully explain some people turn to paranormal explanations.

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Culture is a big factor in alleged paranormal events. If you live in a house where your parents strongly believe in such things, and constantly push these beliefs to you, you'll likely believe in them too. Someone that believes in these things could easily misconstrue a natural cause as a paranormal activity.
Expectations are also an important part in alleged paranormal activity. If you expect something to be there, and want it to be there, you could see what you want and not what is actually there. If you go into a haunted house, and you are very scared, you might see something that was not actually there.

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-Past experiences: This could be represented by religion we are taught from a young age, mental illness, trauma, wanting to contact a loved one who passed away, etc.

-Motivation: Tv shows and movies put an idea in our minds that this is possible and why wouldn't you want it to be possible? It is interesting and exciting but is it true? Paranormal activity and spirituality have always been a trend or idea that makes sense for the unexplainable.

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Culture: People could take ideas from TV shows and movies to justify things as paranormal.

Motivation: The intention of escaping from reality may lead people to believe in paranormals. Sometimes people would rely on paranormal explanation to avoid one that is more logical.

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Culture affects people by ingraining within them the belief that the supernatural exists. This leads them to explain away natural phenomena and coincidences with supernatural intervention/encounters.
Expectations can warp a person's perception of an event. Perhaps they were warned of a haunted area, or an ominous location. They would be more aware of their surroundings and more believing in the presence of "spirits".

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explanation- The build up of hormones and lack of oxygen. Stress and Grievence is another key factor of seeing "ghost" because it allows the person grieving to get some reassurance.

every religion offers an explanation of what happens to us when we die, so religion has a lot to do with someone seeing "ghosts"

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One's motivation to experience paranormal activity could be so high that they delude themselves into believing they did experience any.

If a person were to watch a scary movie or show, their expectations for the paranormal activity could be vastly heightened. With this in mind, they may become more paranoid. This could lead to them believing in paranormal activity that they may have experienced.

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Past experiences: will influence the chance that you might see a paranormal entity because if you had just lost a loved one you would be feeling a lot of grief and your brain might think that there still there.

Environmental: if you are in a place that you might deem scary then your body will react in a way that will make sense to it like goosebumps or a chill runing up your spine.

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Past Experiences: some people are raised in a way where paranormal activity is considered normal.

Environment: different locations and people will have different effects on the brain that can be perceived as paranormal.

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Pop culutre, is a very intresting part in influencing a persons opinion on parnormal activities. Makes ghost looks fun and scary and use tools and technology to add lore to the story.

Every religon gives a explenation for after death life. Gives assurance after death. Religons help you have a explaitation for beliving in parnomal activites.

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Pop-Culture: Television shows and movies play a big part in what people believe in when it comes to parapsychology. Creating lore behind different media is very important to give the audience a sense of intellectual authority, or else it would be based off of nothing and therefore less believable as a probable situation.  Technology that is made up and used in the show also adds a sense of scientific probability.

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Culture is able to play a factor in experiencing paranormal activity because, in most religions there is the idea that even after death, there is something after. Spirituality can lead someone to believe that they experiencing paranormal activity of a deceased love one or close friend after death.

Past experiences are also able to affect us experiencing paranormal activities. It is a common coping mechanism to see or sense a person who was close to you after death.

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If you grow up in an environment that focuses a lot on paranormal activity and people around you see things, you are probably more likely to as well. Also if the history of a building involves death, the environment is more likely to be seen as haunted.
Expectations can greatly influence people experiencing paranormal activity. If they expect to see something paranormal or go somewhere known to be haunted, they are more likely to.

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explanation-isolation or lack of oxygen, after a loss of a loved one people can isolate and be lonly, along with every religion has their own beliefs on what happens to you after you die. all of these things can squiw how you think and sometimes see things because of potential exsuahtion or mental strain

tv shows and movies give expreme examples and senerios to make people thing that something is true based on lore and scientific looking machinery

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Culture can play a part in believing in the paranormal, because more religious people might believe that death isn't really the end and something comes after.
Expectations can play a part, because if you are expecting to see something paranormal, then you'll jump to the conclusion that any little thing that you can't quite explain is something paranormal.

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Expectation- If you want something to happen or you really think it is going to happen, you will unconsciously make yourself feel/hear/see something that will confirm your expectation
Culture- Different religions believes certain things, if you grow up in a religious family you will most likely pick up their beliefs

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Culture-Culture has an impact on paranormal. Someone who is religious could have more connection with the dead. If you are raised  being told about paranormal activity, you most likely to still believe it when you are older.

Past experiences- things that have happened in your past can affect how you see certain things now. For example, if a relative dies your brain may want to think their ghost is there.

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History - Every religion gives us an explanation for the paranormal and teaches that life "doesn't stop after death". Any extreme stimuli tied to a religious experience can lead to visions.

Culture: People who have far fetched views that may not be popular with the public will take to a TV show to make it more palatable for the public and tie in technology to provide a tool that allows the audience to understand and buy into what they are selling.

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Culture: if you are religious you are more likely to believe in ghosts due to beliefs in religion aligning with that

Environmental: if someone is experiencing a lot of grief around them, that and stress can make them see paranormal activity

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culture plays a big part in influencing a persons opinion on paranormal activity. if you are raised being told about paranormal activity and ghosts and around people who believe in them, you will be more likely to continue to believe in them when you are older.

expectations can also influence a persons belief or perception on paranormal events. if you go into a place that many people say is haunted, you will expect to see some kind of paranormal activity while you are there. this can cause your brain to perceive normal occurrences as something different, causing you to believe that there is paranormal activity happening

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culture has an impact on paranormal. someone who is more religious  might have more of a connection to the dead because most people who are religious don't fear death. the belief of after life also affects paranormal activity for some people.
a past experience often has an impact on how you see certain things. your brain is telling you that you see something/ someone when it's not there. this is sometimes used as a coping mechanism.

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Environmental, maybe if you hear something uncommon and you are looking for ghosts you may make yourself think that uncommon sound came from a ghost

Culture, depending on how you were raised your culture/religion may believe in ghosts and spirits so you grew up believing in that.

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Culture: belief of paranormal activity as a common occurrence is widely accepted in some cultures; parents may raise their children with these beliefs, and the cycle continues. For example, in China, many people have always believed it is possible to contact the spirits of their ancestors.

Expectations: when paranormal activity is expected, the mind can make up reasonings for common occurrences.

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Culture has a big influence in experiencing and believing paranormal activities because of our religious beliefs and spiritual beliefs.

past experiences have an influence as well. If you believe you have experienced a paranormal activity like communicating with someone who has died, you might further believe that their ghost along with other ghosts are real

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Culture plays a factor in experiencing and believing paranormal activities because of the superstitions they might have in their culture. Also, their spirituality can make them accept the idea of paranormal activity more than non-spiritual individuals.

Past experiences plays a factor in experiencing and believing paranormal activities because of grief and coping mechanisms. When a family member passes, they seek comfort in the paranormal as they reject that their lost family member is gone for good.

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People in grief are more likely to believe in ghosts and these kinds of paranormal activity, their loss is a motive to believe this. The person might seek closure in this way, and use it as a way to cope. A person might go to a medium after a loss, and be convinced that the person is still with you.

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Culture has a big influence on the belief of paranormal events because very religious people have a belief on the afterlife and are more susceptible to believing that random coincidences could be something paranormal. In addition, if someone believes in paranormal activities then they are expecting to find something that is paranormal. That can influence people to find paranormal activity in almost anything.

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Someone's religion could play a major role into seeing ghosts. Very religious people don't fear the dead so this leads to them to believing the paranormal culture. Also, their ancestors play huge part in telling them the history of paranormal culture.

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they could be in an environment  that was said to be haunted so they thing it worse than it is and they perceive more than is actually there.
they could have a past experience like losing someone and they were very close they might make up something to help with the grief

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Past Experiences: things that have happened in your past can affect how you perceive certain things now, like if you had a relative die your brain may want to think their ghost is there.
Environmental: sounds that you don't normally hear in a comfortable environment may make someone perceive it as paranormal activity.

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How paranormal activities are discussed in our culture influence peoples belief or non-belief in paranormal things. Spirituality, which is on the rise, can be linked to paranormal things.

People can be motivated to make the paranormal seem real or fake for fame or money. People may also be motivated to disregard things in order to confirm their beliefs.

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People have been more influenced by pop culture in the way they romanticize the idea of paranormal activities in movies, tv shows, books, etc. Another example is extended periods of time in isolation paired with high levels of stress/unchanging sensory stimulation can lead the brain to create presences and stimulation on it's own.

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Culture has an influence on experiencing alleged paranormal events. For example, a person's religion could offer an explanation for what happens after death and that person would end up believing afterlives.

Expectations can also influence experiencing alleged paranormal events. If someone goes out expecting to find a ghost, they are most likely taking every piece of evidence they find, no matter how small.

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Culture and religious can have paranormal aspects involved because of the influence of other ancestors or stories they hear from their religion/culture.

Past experiences. if you believe you've seen a ghost before, then people are more inclined to recall their past experience and seek it out to be a ghost.

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Environmental- if someone is looking for ghosts in an area where wind could get tunneled through something to make a whistle creating a spooky feel of the area.

Expectations- if someone goes looking for ghosts then they will look for all evidence they can to support their theory.

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Motivation: If people don't have the motivation to do much, they could spend a lot of time alone. This isolation might cause their brain to create stimuli for itself, resulting in a feeling of the presence of ghosts or something similar.

Culture: Some cultures are more spiritual than others, and feel that they have connections to the dead or spiritual world. People who have grown up in these cultures may feel more comfortable talking about death and the presence of spirits may be more likely to have a sensation of connection to those paranormal worlds.

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someones culture could make them predisposed to believing in the paranormal, like if they're particularly religious and believe in an afterlife and stuff. expectations can also affect someone's belief in paranormal stuff, like if they already had a preexisting belief that ghosts or ESP was real, they're more likely to interpret the evidence in a way that paints a picture of the paranormal, where maybe someone more skeptical would see something more grounded in science.

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Environmental factors play a large role in the alleged perception of paranormal activities. For example, the way basements are constructed allows for low frequency sound waves to reverberate easily, leading to a sensory disruption. This is why basements are commonly thought to be creepy or haunted.