The psychology of conjuring deceptions
N Triplett - The American Journal of Psychology, 1900 - JSTOR
N Triplett
The American Journal of Psychology, 1900•JSTORThis study is concerned with that portion of the field of magic which can be properly included
under the term conjuring. For the purposes of this article, this may be broadly defined as the
performance of wonderful or miraculous deeds of any sort under pretense of other than
ordinary human agency. The subject will be treated in two parts. In the first chapter an effort
is made, by the comparative method, to find in the deep lying instincts and impulses of the
psychic life the basic elements in conjuring. In the remaining portion of the work attention is …
under the term conjuring. For the purposes of this article, this may be broadly defined as the
performance of wonderful or miraculous deeds of any sort under pretense of other than
ordinary human agency. The subject will be treated in two parts. In the first chapter an effort
is made, by the comparative method, to find in the deep lying instincts and impulses of the
psychic life the basic elements in conjuring. In the remaining portion of the work attention is …
This study is concerned with that portion of the field of magic which can be properly included under the term conjuring. For the purposes of this article, this may be broadly defined as the performance of wonderful or miraculous deeds of any sort under pretense of other than ordinary human agency. The subject will be treated in two parts. In the first chapter an effort is made, by the comparative method, to find in the deep lying instincts and impulses of the psychic life the basic elements in conjuring.
In the remaining portion of the work attention is given to mod-ern conjuring. In the large body of existing conjuring tricks is found much material of value to the psychologist. Many of these are perfect psychological experiments whose efficiency have been proved on thousands of people. About the profession of prestidigitation, as of other occupations, there has grown up a body of special knowledge, in part formulated into rules and practices, of which it is here the purpose to show the psychological reason. The treatment of the subject will follow this
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