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The International Library of Psychology SURPRISE AND THE PSYCHO-ANALYST Founded by C. K. Ogden The International Library of Psychology COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY In 21 Volumes I The Psycho-Analysis of Artistic Vision and Hearing Ehrenzweig II A Source Book of Gestalt Psychology Ellis III Common Sense and its Cultivation Hankin IV The Nature of Learning Humphrey V Eidetic Imagery and Typological Methods of Investigation Jaensch VI The World of Colour Katz VII Principles of Gestalt Psychology Koffka VIII Colour and Colour Theories Ladd-Franklin IX Sense-Perception and Matter Lean X Invention and the Unconscious Montmasson XI Psychology and Education Ogden XII Human Speech Paget XIII The Gestalt Theory and the Problem of Configuration Petermann XIV Surprise and the Psycho-Analyst Reik XV The Psychology of a Musical Prodigy Revesz XVI Biological Memory Rignano XVII The Psychology of Reasoning Rignano XVIII The Effects of Music Schoen XIX Analysis of Perception S my t hies XX Speech Disorders St inch field XXI The Psycho-Biology of Language Zipf SURPRISE AND THE PSYCHO-ANALYST On the Conjecture and Comprehension of Unconscious Processes THEODOR REIK First published in 1936 by Routledge, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd. Reprinted in 1999 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, 0X14 4RN Transferred to Digital Printing 2007 © 1936 Theodor Reik Translated from the German by Margaret M Green All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. The publishers have made every effort to contact authors/copyright holders of the works reprinted in the International Library of Psychology. This has not been possible in every case, however, and we would welcome correspondence from those individuals/companies we have been unable to trace. These reprints are taken from original copies of each book. In many cases the condition of these originals is not perfect. The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of these reprints, but wishes to point out that certain characteristics of the original copies will, of necessity, be apparent in reprints thereof. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Surprise and the Psycho-Analyst ISBN 0415-20969-2 Cognitive Psychology: 21 Volumes ISBN 0415-21126-3 The International Library of Psychology: 204 Volumes ISBN 0415-19132-7 Dedicated in token of Friendship, to Dr. I. E. G. van EMDEN This page intentionally left blank C O N T E N T S CHAP. PAGE I Introductory. Psychology is not Self-Evident i II Conscious and Unconscious Observation is III Noticing, Attention, and Taking Note 3i IV From the truly Startling to the Startlingly Tr u e ............................................................................ 5i V The Psychogenesis of Analytical Interpretation and of Wi t .................................................................. 62 VI Knowledge Experienced and Knowledge Learnt by Ro t e ............................................................................. 73 VII There is no Royal Road through the Unconscious 86 VIII Point of Departure, Pause, Resumption IOI IX Concerning Tact, T ime, and Rhythm 112 X The Distinction between Memory and Reminis cence . . . . . . . . 126 XI An Uncomprehended Ca se ............................................ 141 XII The Question of Evidence— Conjecture and Com prehension .................................................................. 156 XIII The Psychical Process of Conjecture 168 XIV The Original Nature of Comprehension 179 XV The Instinctive Basis of Psychological Conjec ture . . . . . . . . 191 XVI Concerning Reciprocal Illumination . 206 XVII The Significance of Recurrent Reflection 225 XVIII The Experience of Others in the Ego 237 XIX T he Psychical Mechanism of Anticipation 252 XX The Shock of Th o u g h t............................................ 263 XXI Psychological Cognition and Suffering. The Courage not to Comprehend . . . . 275 289 vii This page intentionally left blank SURPRISE AND THE PSYCHO-ANALYST CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY IS NOT SELF-EVIDENT THIS book is an attempt—so far as I know, the first— to describe what is required of an investigator into the unconscious mental processes of another person, and what he achieves. By describing the psychological process of cognition from within, I intend at the same time to trace the way from conjecturing to comprehending the unconscious processes. I shall not treat the processes of conjecture and comprehen sion of unconscious phenomena on the same footing. I shall establish the process of conjecture as far as my knowledge goes. As regards the process of comprehension, I shall only discuss its initial phases, its primary intent and psychical mechanism. This discrimination is due to the different part which the unconscious plays in the two processes; it is, of course, greater in the reconnoitring phase of conjecture than in the stage of cognition, in which the performances of the unconscious mind are apprehended with the resources and methods of conscious thought. I am concerned with the investigation of the unconscious and preconscious phases, lead ing from the perception of a psychical phenomenon to its comprehension. Undoubtedly there are at the present time various schools of psychology occupied in the investigation of unconscious I B
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