The power of metaphor : examining its influence on social life / edited by Mark J. Landau, Michael D. Robinson, and Brian P. Meier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Landau, Mark J. (Mark Jordan)

Robinson, Michael D. (Professor of psychology)

Meier, Brian P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social perception.

Cognitive grammar.

Metaphor--Social aspects.

Metaphor.

Metaphor--Psychological aspects.

Social Perception.

Metaphor--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Social Perception.

Metaphor--psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"Browse a bookstore's philosophy section and you will find hefty tomes devoted to the analysis of single concepts such as friendship, authenticity, guilt, power, morality, freedom, and evil. Scholars wrestle with the precise meaning of these concepts because they are inherently abstract. Unlike concepts that refer to categories of things that we experience with our senses, these concepts lack a concrete referent existing in the world outside ourselves--you cannot see evil, for instance. It is therefore remarkable that, generally speaking, people seem to have little difficulty making sense of these and other abstract concepts. They form impressions of coworkers' friendliness and authenticity, suffer the pangs of guilt, buy luxury goods to advertise their power, judge the moral implications of political policy, and support wars to spread freedom and stem the tide of evil. The question then becomes: What cognitive processes do people normally use to grasp the abstract concepts that lie at the center of their social life? This book explores the possibility that people understand and experience abstract social concepts using metaphor. From this perspective, metaphor is not--as conventional wisdom would have it--simply a matter of words; rather, it is a cognitive tool that people routinely use to understand abstract concepts (e.g., morality) in terms of superficially dissimilar concepts that are relatively easier to comprehend (e.g., cleanliness)--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

I Metaphor as a Cognitive Tool for Understanding Abstract Social Concepts 1

Chapter 1 Introduction / Mark J. Landau Landau, Mark J., Michael D. Robinson Robinson, Michael D., Brian P. Meier Meier, Brian P. 3

Chapter 2 Conceptual Metaphor in Thought and Social Action / Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr. 17

II Metaphor's Role in Social and Personality Psychology Phenomena 41

Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Person Perception / Brian P. Meier Meier, Brian P., Abigail A. Scholer Scholer, Abigail A., Rebecca Fincher-Kiefer Fincher-Kiefer, Rebecca 43

Chapter 4 The Role of Conceptual Metaphor in Memory / L. Elizabeth Crawford Crawford, L. Elizabeth 65

Chapter 5 Metaphor in Judgment and Decision Making / Spike W. S. Lee Lee, Spike W. S., Norbert Schwarz Schwarz, Norbert 85

Chapter 6 Dirt, Pollution, and Purity: A Metaphoric Perspective on Morality / Chen-Bo Zhong Zhong, Chen-Bo, Julian House House, Julian 109

Chapter 7 Toward a Metaphor-Enriched Personality Psychology / Michael D. Robinson Robinson, Michael D., Adam K. Fetterman Fetterman, Adam K. 133

Chapter 8 The Role of Metaphors in Intergroup Relations / Anne Maass Maass, Anne, Caterina Suitner Suitner, Caterina, Luciano Arcuri Arcuri, Luciano 153

Chapter 9 The Metaphoric Framing Model: Political Communication and Public Opinion / Victor Ottati Ottati, Victor, Randall Renstrom Renstrom, Randall, Erika Price Price, Erika 179

III Current Issues and Direction for Future Research 203

Chapter 10 Do Evaluative Metaphors Shape Emotional Thought? A Call for New Evidence / Gary D. Sherman Sherman, Gary D., Gerald L. Chore Chore, Gerald L. 205

Chapter 11 Are There Basic Metaphors? / Simone Schnall Schnall, Simone 225

Chapter 12 Experiential Origins of Mental Metaphors: Language, Culture, and the Body / Daniel Casasanto Casasanto, Daniel 249

Chapter 13 Metaphor Research in Social-Personality Psychology: The Road Ahead / Mark J. Landau Landau, Mark J., Michael D. Robinson Robinson, Michael D., Brian P. Meier Meier, Brian P. 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2014 dcunns

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Original

ISBN:

9781433815799

1433815796

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