How Verb Tense Affects the Construal of Action: The Simple Past Tense Leads People into an Abstract Mindset

Autor/inn/en	Carrera, Pilar; Muñoz, Dolores; Caballero, Amparo; Fernández, Itziar; Aguilar, Pilar; Albarracín, Dolores
Titel	How Verb Tense Affects the Construal of Action: The Simple Past Tense Leads People into an Abstract Mindset
Quelle	In: Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 35 (2014) 2, S.209-223 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0211-2159
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Morphemes; Grammar; Alcohol Abuse; Personal Narratives; Models; Spanish; Foreign Countries; Familiarity; Undergraduate Students; Linguistic Theory; Psychology; Statistical Analysis; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Grammatik; Erlebniserzählung; Analogiemodell; Spanisch; Ausland; Linguistische Theorie; Psychologie; Statistische Analyse; Spanien
Abstract	Two experiments examined the influence of verb tense on how abstractly people construe action representations. Experiment 1 revealed that written descriptions of several daily events using the simple past tense (vs. simple present tense) resulted in actions and the action's target being seen as less likely and less familiar, respectively. In Experiment 2 participants wrote about a personal episode of binge drinking (using the simple past tense vs. simple present tense), and the resulting narratives were coded using the Linguistic Category Model (see Semin & Fiedler, 1991). Results revealed that events were described at a more abstract level when texts were written using the simple past tense (vs. simple present tense). The results are discussed in the context of other effects of verb form and in relation to construal level of events. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10