Abstract:
:The concept of allusive thinking is briefly reviewed and a Pavlovian model of thinking advanced. It is hypothesized that allusive, as compared with non-allusive thinkers, have a broader but less intense attention process associated with weaker inhibition. From this model it was predicted that on word tests which require judgements of similarity of meaning, allusive thinkers would tend to choose more remote or unusual words as similar in meaning. The Word Halo Test and the Word Sorting Test were administered to 63 university students using the Object Sorting Test as a measure of allusive thinking. The prediction that allusive thinkers would choose more unusual words as similar in meaning was supported. A tendency for allusive thinkers to be more verbose than non-allusive thinkers was also noted.
journal_name
Psychol Medjournal_title
Psychological medicineauthors
Armstrong MS,McConaghy Ndoi
10.1017/s0033291700004414subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1977-08-01 00:00:00pages
439-45issue
3eissn
0033-2917issn
1469-8978journal_volume
7pub_type
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