TY - CHAP
T1 - The highs and lows of mental representation: A construal level perspective on the structure of knowledge.
AU - Rim, SoYon
AU - Trope, Yaacov
AU - Liberman, Nira
AU - Shapira, Oren
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - This chapter presents a perspective on the mental representation of persons, groups, and the self that parsimoniously unifies existing distinctions, such as abstract versus concrete, schematic versus aschematic, and prototype versus exemplar, within the umbrella of high-versus low-level construal. This perspective is derived from construal level theory (CLT; see Trope & Liberman, 2010, for a review), which offers one perspective on when high-level construal will be favored over relatively more low-level construal. Specifically, CLT Is a theory that explains the relationship between psychological distance and level of construal. The chapter reviews past work on the structure of mental representations and describes relevant research within CLT, as well as other aspects of high- and low-level construal that go beyond traditional distinctions. Finally, research Is presented on the associations among different construal level dimensions that supports the argument for a common underlying function: namely, that high-level construals, by preserving essential features, support "mental travel," whereas low-level construals are bound to "me here and now." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
AB - This chapter presents a perspective on the mental representation of persons, groups, and the self that parsimoniously unifies existing distinctions, such as abstract versus concrete, schematic versus aschematic, and prototype versus exemplar, within the umbrella of high-versus low-level construal. This perspective is derived from construal level theory (CLT; see Trope & Liberman, 2010, for a review), which offers one perspective on when high-level construal will be favored over relatively more low-level construal. Specifically, CLT Is a theory that explains the relationship between psychological distance and level of construal. The chapter reviews past work on the structure of mental representations and describes relevant research within CLT, as well as other aspects of high- and low-level construal that go beyond traditional distinctions. Finally, research Is presented on the associations among different construal level dimensions that supports the argument for a common underlying function: namely, that high-level construals, by preserving essential features, support "mental travel," whereas low-level construals are bound to "me here and now." (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
KW - Cognitive Processes
KW - Psychological Distance
KW - Theories
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199730018.013.0010
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199730018.013.0010
M3 - فصل
SN - 9780199730018
T3 - Oxford library of psychology.
SP - 194
EP - 219
BT - The Oxford handbook of social cognition.
A2 - Carlston, Donal
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - New York, NY, US
ER -