To put participants into either an abstract or
concrete frame of mind, the researchers gave participants some task scenarios (e.g., «Hank plans to take driving lessons»), and asked them to think about the scenarios either concretely (How does Hank plan to take driving lessons?)
When participants read the scenario in
a concrete frame of mind, they were more likely to predict that the couple would have a one - night stand.
Study participants induced into an abstract frame of mind felt that a personal activity would occur sooner than those thinking about the same activity who were in
a concrete frame of mind.
Not exact matches
The space between the
frames in the cinematographical show that plays before the
mind is always already filled in by the metaphysical continuities
of concrete existence.