Content Differences for Abstract and Concrete Concepts.

Wiemer-Hastings, Katja Katja; Xu, Xu

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Title:	Content Differences for Abstract and Concrete Concepts
Authors:	Wiemer-Hastings, Katja Katja; Xu, Xu
Descriptors:	Comparative Analysis; Concept Formation; Abstract Reasoning; Context Effect; Inferences; Differences; Epistemology
Source:	Cognitive Science, v29 n5 p719-736 2005
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Publisher:	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Tel: 800-926-6579; Tel: 201-258-2200; Fax: 201-236-0072; e-mail: journals@erlbaum.com; Web site: https://www.erlbaum.com
Publication Date:	2005-00-00
Pages:	18
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:	Concept properties are an integral part of theories of conceptual representation and processing. To date, little is known about conceptual properties of abstract concepts, such as idea. This experiment systematically compared the content of 18 abstract and 18 concrete concepts, using a feature generation task. Thirty-one participants listed characteristics of the concepts (i.e., item properties) or their relevant context (i.e., context properties). Abstract concepts had significantly fewer intrinsic item properties and more properties expressing subjective experiences than concrete concepts. Situation components generated for abstract and concrete concepts differed in kind, but not in number. Abstract concepts were predominantly related to social aspects of situations. Properties were significantly less specific for abstract than for concrete concepts. Thus, abstractness emerged as a function of several, both qualitative and quantitative, factors.
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Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0000_33

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