18. On the Psychology of Boredom

Otto Fenichel

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Fenichel, Otto. "18. On the Psychology of Boredom". Organization and Pathology of Thought: Selected Sources, edited by , New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 1951, pp. 349-361. https://doi.org/10.7312/rapa92214-021

Fenichel, O. (1951). 18. On the Psychology of Boredom. In (Ed.), Organization and Pathology of Thought: Selected Sources (pp. 349-361). New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/rapa92214-021

Fenichel, O. 1951. 18. On the Psychology of Boredom. In: . ed. Organization and Pathology of Thought: Selected Sources. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, pp. 349-361. https://doi.org/10.7312/rapa92214-021

Fenichel, Otto. "18. On the Psychology of Boredom" In Organization and Pathology of Thought: Selected Sources edited by , 349-361. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 1951. https://doi.org/10.7312/rapa92214-021

Fenichel O. 18. On the Psychology of Boredom. In: (ed.) Organization and Pathology of Thought: Selected Sources. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press; 1951. p.349-361. https://doi.org/10.7312/rapa92214-021

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Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Acknowledgments XI
Contents XIII
Introduction 1
1. Determining Tendencies; Awareness 15
2. On Thought Connections 39
3. Recognition and "Me-Ness" 58
4. Comments Concerning Psychological Forces and Energies, And the Structure of the Psyche 76
5. Intention, Will and Need 95
6. Principal Factors Determining Intellectual Evolution from Childhood to Adult Life 154
7. The Biological Problem of Intelligence 176
8. Report on a Method of Eliciting and Observing Certain Symbolic Hallucination-Phenomena 195
9. On Symbol-Formation 208
10. Experimental Dreams 234
11. Experiments on Symbolization in Dreams 249
12. Concerning Experimentally Produced Dreams 257
13. On Parapraxes in the Korsakow Psychosis 288
14. The Polyphony of Thought 311
15. Formulations Regarding the Two Principles in Mental Functioning 315
16. A Note Upon the "Mystic Writing-Pad" 329
17. Negation 338
18. On the Psychology of Boredom 349
19. Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation 362
20. Autistic Thinking 399
21. Autistic-Undisciplined Thinking 438
22. The Psychology of Daydreams 451
23. On Preconscious Mental Processes 474
24. On the Development of Thoughts 497
25. Studies Concerning the Psychology and Symptomatology of General Paresis 519
26. The Basic Symptoms of Schizophrenia 581
27. On the Structure of the Amnesic Syndrome 650
Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Thinking 689
Bibliography 731
Name Index 771
Subject Index 777

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter I
Preface VII
Acknowledgments XI
Contents XIII
Introduction 1
1. Determining Tendencies; Awareness 15
2. On Thought Connections 39
3. Recognition and "Me-Ness" 58
4. Comments Concerning Psychological Forces and Energies, And the Structure of the Psyche 76
5. Intention, Will and Need 95
6. Principal Factors Determining Intellectual Evolution from Childhood to Adult Life 154
7. The Biological Problem of Intelligence 176
8. Report on a Method of Eliciting and Observing Certain Symbolic Hallucination-Phenomena 195
9. On Symbol-Formation 208
10. Experimental Dreams 234
11. Experiments on Symbolization in Dreams 249
12. Concerning Experimentally Produced Dreams 257
13. On Parapraxes in the Korsakow Psychosis 288
14. The Polyphony of Thought 311
15. Formulations Regarding the Two Principles in Mental Functioning 315
16. A Note Upon the "Mystic Writing-Pad" 329
17. Negation 338
18. On the Psychology of Boredom 349
19. Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation 362
20. Autistic Thinking 399
21. Autistic-Undisciplined Thinking 438
22. The Psychology of Daydreams 451
23. On Preconscious Mental Processes 474
24. On the Development of Thoughts 497
25. Studies Concerning the Psychology and Symptomatology of General Paresis 519
26. The Basic Symptoms of Schizophrenia 581
27. On the Structure of the Amnesic Syndrome 650
Conclusion: Toward a Theory of Thinking 689
Bibliography 731
Name Index 771
Subject Index 777

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