Everyday mental errors are determined by unconscious motives rather than chance, according to the psychoanalytic argument reviewed¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r? · q1
Currency · newest study 1911 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? There is no chance or accident in mental operations; even trivial mental functioning is determined by motives of which the person was unaware. → Mayer 1911

Evidence¶

Mayer 1911¶

Mayer, H. (1911). The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. American Journal of Psychology, 22, 477-527. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1412853

q1 · i? · theoretical · r?

Theoretical argument summarized in a review of Jones's article: everyday inadequacies of mental functioning are usually attributed to chance, but the author argues determinism prevails in "even the most trivial bit of mental functioning." No empirical data are reported.

"The author argues that there is no chance and accident in mental opera- tions. On the contrary, determinism prevails in even the most trivial bit of mental functioning."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Appreciating everyday errors is held to be important for understanding how decisions and judgments are formed and as evidence of psychical determinism — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• The mechanism underlying everyday errors is held to be similar to that underlying serious mental disturbances such as hysteria and allied neuroses — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)