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Manoj Thomas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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when does feeling of fluency matter how Abstract and concrete Thinking influence fluency effects
Psychological Science, 2011Co-Authors: Claire I Tsai, Manoj ThomasAbstract:It has been widely documented that fluency (ease of information processing) increases positive evaluation. We proposed and demonstrated in three studies that this was not the case when people construed objects Abstractly rather than concretely. Specifically, we found that priming people to think Abstractly mitigated the effect of fluency on subsequent evaluative judgments (Studies 1 and 2). However, when feelings such as fluency were understood to be signals of value, fluency increased liking in people primed to think Abstractly (Study 3). These results suggest that Abstract Thinking helps distinguish central decision inputs from less important incidental inputs, whereas concrete Thinking does not make such a distinction. Thus, Abstract Thinking can augment or attenuate fluency effects, depending on whether fluency is considered important or incidental information, respectively.
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when does feeling of fluency matter how Abstract and concrete Thinking influence fluency effects
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Claire I Tsai, Manoj ThomasAbstract:It has been widely documented that fluency (ease of information processing) enhances evaluation. We propose and demonstrate in three experiments that this is not the case when people construe objects Abstractly rather than concretely. Specifically, we find that priming people to think Abstractly mitigates the effect of fluency on subsequent evaluative judgments (Studies 1 and 2). However, when feelings such as fluency are understood to be signals of value, fluency enhances evaluation in people primed to think Abstractly (Study 3). These results suggest that Abstract Thinking helps distinguish central decision inputs from the less important, incidental inputs, whereas concrete Thinking does not make such a distinction. Thus, Abstract Thinking can augment or attenuate fluency effects, depending on whether fluency is considered important or incidental information.
Claire I Tsai - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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when does feeling of fluency matter how Abstract and concrete Thinking influence fluency effects
Psychological Science, 2011Co-Authors: Claire I Tsai, Manoj ThomasAbstract:It has been widely documented that fluency (ease of information processing) increases positive evaluation. We proposed and demonstrated in three studies that this was not the case when people construed objects Abstractly rather than concretely. Specifically, we found that priming people to think Abstractly mitigated the effect of fluency on subsequent evaluative judgments (Studies 1 and 2). However, when feelings such as fluency were understood to be signals of value, fluency increased liking in people primed to think Abstractly (Study 3). These results suggest that Abstract Thinking helps distinguish central decision inputs from less important incidental inputs, whereas concrete Thinking does not make such a distinction. Thus, Abstract Thinking can augment or attenuate fluency effects, depending on whether fluency is considered important or incidental information, respectively.
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when does feeling of fluency matter how Abstract and concrete Thinking influence fluency effects
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Claire I Tsai, Manoj ThomasAbstract:It has been widely documented that fluency (ease of information processing) enhances evaluation. We propose and demonstrate in three experiments that this is not the case when people construe objects Abstractly rather than concretely. Specifically, we find that priming people to think Abstractly mitigates the effect of fluency on subsequent evaluative judgments (Studies 1 and 2). However, when feelings such as fluency are understood to be signals of value, fluency enhances evaluation in people primed to think Abstractly (Study 3). These results suggest that Abstract Thinking helps distinguish central decision inputs from the less important, incidental inputs, whereas concrete Thinking does not make such a distinction. Thus, Abstract Thinking can augment or attenuate fluency effects, depending on whether fluency is considered important or incidental information.
Orit Hazzan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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interrelations between systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking the case of high school electronics students
European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020Co-Authors: Aharon Gero, Aziz Shekhabed, Orit HazzanAbstract:Systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking are important skills for engineers in general and hardware and software engineers in particular. Systems Thinking emphasises the interdependence of system com...
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correlation between systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking among high school students majoring in electronics
International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, 2019Co-Authors: Aharon Gero, Aziz Shekhabed, Orit HazzanAbstract:Many studies highlight the importance of systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking among engineers, especially as part of the Industry 4.0 framework. The study described in this paper characterized the relation between systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking among high school students carrying out projects that combine hardware and software. Thirty-six Israeli 12th graders majoring in electronics participated in this study. The students filled out an anonymous Likert-like questionnaire used for evaluating their self-reported systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking skills. Additionally, the students took a multiple-choice test examining systems Thinking and Abstract Thinking. The findings indicate a significant moderate positive correlation between the two abilities, both in the questionnaire and the test. This correlation may have both theoretical and educational implications.
Dean C Delis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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componential analysis of problem solving ability performance of patients with frontal lobe damage and amnesic patients on a new sorting test
Neuropsychologia, 1992Co-Authors: Dean C Delis, Larry R Squire, Amy M Bihrle, Paul J MassmanAbstract:A new sorting task designed to isolate and measure specific components of problem-solving ability was administered to four subject groups: patients with focal frontal lobe lesions, patients with both frontal dysfunction and amnesia (Korsakoff's syndrome), patients with circumscribed (non-Korsakoff) amnesia, and normal control subjects. The patients with circumscribed (non-Korsakoff) amnesia, and normal control subjects. The patients with frontal lobe lesions and patients with Korsakoff's syndrome were impaired on eight of the nine components of the task. The findings run counter to theories of a single or primary impairment in patients with frontal lobe dysfunction. Rather, the results suggest that a wide spectrum of deficits in Abstract Thinking, cognitive flexibility, and use of knowledge to regulate behavior contributes to the problem-solving impairment of these patients. Although the (non-Korsakoff) amnesic patients performed similarly to normal subjects on most measures, a finer analysis suggested that successful performance on this complex sorting task, in addition to being strongly dependent upon frontal lobe function, is mildly dependent upon memory function.
Charlotte Buhl - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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eating disorders as manifestations of developmental disorders language and the capacity for Abstract Thinking in psychotherapy of eating disorders
European Eating Disorders Review, 2002Co-Authors: Charlotte BuhlAbstract:The serious eating disorders are manifestations of personality disorders which are characterized by an inadequately developed ability to distinguish and understand emotional states and needs. This paper focus on the development of transitional objects and an inner language as prerequisites for the ability to use words and Abstract symbols as soothing and controlling functions. The psychotherapy of patients with eating disorders, and psychosomatic disorders, should be founded on the understanding of their concrete mode of functioning. It is important to avoid misunderstanding and interpreting both the symptoms and the patients' concretistic language as metaphors and symbols of their emotions and needs, before the development of an internal, meaningful language. This is essential for a successful psychotherapeutic result. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.
