COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND CREATING METAPHORICAL NAMES. / Avanesyan, M.O.; Khaibrakhmanova, E.Yu.
In: Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2016, p. 97-111.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - COGNITIVE ABILITIES AND CREATING METAPHORICAL NAMES
AU - Avanesyan, M.O.
AU - Khaibrakhmanova, E.Yu.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - he cognitive processing of metaphor creation has been insufficiently investigated. Creating metaphors requires the ability to work in a fantastic, impossible context, using symbolic and associative means to express oneís thoughts. It has been shown recently that intelligence plays an important role in the creation of metaphors, but it is not the main factor in determining their success. The present research explores the roles of conceptual abilities, categorical abilities, and flexibility (as the factor creativity) in metaphor creation. Participants (n = 38 young adults) were asked to come up with names for three photos, without any special instruction to create metaphors. To classify conceptual abilities we used ìConceptual Synthesisî (M. A. Kholodnaya, 2012); to measure categorical ability we used the subtest ìSimilaritiesî (d. Wechsler, 1955); to identify the role of creativity in the metaphor process we used the test of ìUnusual Usesî (J. P. Guilford, 1960). The creation of complex metaphorical names was
AB - he cognitive processing of metaphor creation has been insufficiently investigated. Creating metaphors requires the ability to work in a fantastic, impossible context, using symbolic and associative means to express oneís thoughts. It has been shown recently that intelligence plays an important role in the creation of metaphors, but it is not the main factor in determining their success. The present research explores the roles of conceptual abilities, categorical abilities, and flexibility (as the factor creativity) in metaphor creation. Participants (n = 38 young adults) were asked to come up with names for three photos, without any special instruction to create metaphors. To classify conceptual abilities we used ìConceptual Synthesisî (M. A. Kholodnaya, 2012); to measure categorical ability we used the subtest ìSimilaritiesî (d. Wechsler, 1955); to identify the role of creativity in the metaphor process we used the test of ìUnusual Usesî (J. P. Guilford, 1960). The creation of complex metaphorical names was
KW - naming
KW - denotation
KW - metaphor creation
KW - conceptual abilities
KW - categorical abilities
KW - flexibility
U2 - 10.11621/pir.2016.0208 http//psychologyinrussia.com
DO - 10.11621/pir.2016.0208 http//psychologyinrussia.com
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 97
EP - 111
JO - Psychology in Russia: State of the Art
JF - Psychology in Russia: State of the Art
SN - 2074-6857
IS - 2
ER -
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