The Power of Metaphor: Examining Its Influence on Social Life

311 Pages·2013·2.49 MB·English

by  Mark J. Landau (ed.)

The
Power
of
Metaphor
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The
Power
of
Metaphor
Examining Its Influence on Social Life
Edited by Mark J. Landau,
Michael D. Robinson, and Brian P. Meier
American Psychological Association • Washington, DC
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The power of metaphor : examining its influence on social life / edited by Mark J. Landau,
Michael D. Robinson, and Brian P. Meier.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4338-1579-9 — ISBN 1-4338-1579-6 1. Social perception. 2. Cognitive
grammar. 3. Metaphor—Social aspects. 4. Metaphor—Psychological aspects. I. Landau,
Mark J. (Mark Jordan)
HM1041.P69 2014
303.3'7—dc23
2013024820
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First Edition
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14278-000
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CONTENTS
Contributors ................................................................................................ vii
I. Metaphor as a Cognitive Tool for Understanding
Abstract Social Concepts ............................................................................1
Chapter 1. Introduction .......................................................................3
Mark J. Landau, Michael D. Robinson,
and Brian P. Meier
Chapter 2. Conceptual Metaphor in Thought
and Social Action ........................................................... 17
Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.
II. Metaphor’s Role in Social and Personality
Psychology Phenomena .............................................................................41
Chapter 3. Conceptual Metaphor Theory
and Person Perception ..................................................... 43
Brian P. Meier, Abigail A. Scholer,
and Rebecca Fincher-Kiefer
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Chapter 4. The Role of Conceptual Metaphor in Memory .............. 65
L. Elizabeth Crawford
Chapter 5. Metaphor in Judgment and Decision Making ................. 85
Spike W. S. Lee and Norbert Schwarz
Chapter 6. Dirt, Pollution, and Purity: A Metaphoric
Perspective on Morality ................................................ 109
Chen-Bo Zhong and Julian House
Chapter 7. Toward a Metaphor-Enriched
Personality Psychology .................................................. 133
Michael D. Robinson and Adam K. Fetterman
Chapter 8. The Role of Metaphors in Intergroup Relations ........... 153
Anne Maass, Caterina Suitner, and Luciano Arcuri
Chapter 9. T he Metaphoric Framing Model:
Political Communication and Public Opinion ............. 179
Victor Ottati, Randall Renstrom, and Erika Price
III. Current Issues and Direction for Future Research .......................203
Chapter 10. D o Evaluative Metaphors Shape
Emotional Thought? A Call for New Evidence ............ 205
Gary D. Sherman and Gerald L. Clore
Chapter 11. Are There Basic Metaphors? ......................................... 225
Simone Schnall
Chapter 12. E xperiential Origins of Mental Metaphors:
Language, Culture, and the Body .................................. 249
Daniel Casasanto
Chapter 13. Metaphor Research in Social-Personality
Psychology: The Road Ahead ....................................... 269
Mark J. Landau, Michael D. Robinson,
and Brian P. Meier
Index ........................................................................................................ 287
About the Editors...................................................................................... 301
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CONTRIBUTORS
Luciano Arcuri, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Developmental
and Socialization Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Daniel Casasanto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Gerald L. Clore, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of
Virginia, Charlottesville
L. Elizabeth Crawford, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychol-
ogy, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
Adam K. Fetterman, MS, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology,
North Dakota State University, Fargo
Rebecca Fincher-Kiefer, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychol-
ogy, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Raymond W. Gibbs Jr., PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Univer-
sity of California at Santa Cruz
Julian House, MA, Graduate Student, Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mark J. Landau, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Uni-
versity of Kansas, Lawrence
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Spike W. S. Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Anne Maass, PhD, Professor, Department of Developmental and Socializa-
tion Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Brian P. Meier, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Get-
tysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Victor Ottati, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, Loyola University
Chicago, Chicago, IL
Erika Price, MA, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Loyola Uni-
versity Chicago, Chicago, IL
Randall Renstrom, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
Central College, Pella, IA
Michael D. Robinson, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, North
Dakota State University, Fargo
Simone Schnall, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Univer-
sity of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Abigail A. Scholer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Norbert Schwarz, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor
Gary D. Sherman, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Decision Science
Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Caterina Suitner, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental
and Socialization Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Chen-Bo Zhong, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management,
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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I
Metaphor as
a CognItIve tool
for UnderstandIng
abstraCt soCIal
ConCepts
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