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   Feb 8, 2024 · Metaphors influence opinions, including how people view climate change or the police. In one such study, two groups were shown a report on the rising crime rate in a city. One group received a report that opened with the statement ‘Crime is a virus ravaging the city,’ while the other group received a report that started with ‘Crime is a ...

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   Feb 23, 2011 · How metaphors shape our thoughts and decisions. In 1990, in a depressed area of Buffalo, New York, eleven schoolgirls were raped. According to George Kelling, a criminal justice scholar, eight of ...

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4. qz.com › 1241030Metaphors shape our thoughts in ways we don't even realize

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   Mar 31, 2018 · Metaphors lurk in our language, our thoughts, our assessments of people and situations, and even in the cup of coffee you are holding. Perhaps this is why we are so moved by poetry and art. Our ...

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5. www.psychologytoday.com › ca › blogWhy Metaphors Are Important | Psychology Today Canada

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   This study shows that changing the metaphor actually changed the way readers thought about the crime issue. If it was a beast, it needed to be controlled. If it was a disease, it needed to be treated.

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   Nov 28, 2017 · This study shows that changing the metaphor actually changed the way readers thought about the crime issue. If it was a beast, it needed to be controlled. If it was a disease, it needed to be treated.

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   social policy. How do people conceptualize crime, and how do they reason about solving the crime problem? Public discourse about crime is saturated with metaphor. Increases in the prevalence of crime are described as crime waves, surges or sprees. A spreading crime problem is a crime epidemic, plaguing a city or infecting a community.

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   Does changing the metaphor change the way readers think about crime?

   • This study shows that changing the metaphor actually changed the way readers thought about the crime issue. If it was a beast, it needed to be controlled. If it was a disease, it needed to be treated. Thus, writers can use metaphors to strategically control their readers’ perceptions.

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   Does crime have a metaphor?

   • Only 3% noted the metaphors. Thibodeau and Boroditsky confirmed their results with more experiments that used the same reports without the vivid words. Even though they described crime as beast or virus only once, and without any verbs to continue the metaphor, they found the same trend.

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   How did the “Beast” metaphor change people's ideas about crime?

   • Simply changing a few words in the passage dramatically changed people’s ideas of how crime should be dealt with. When asked to come up with solutions for crime, those who read the passage with the “beast” metaphor thought that crime should be dealt with by using more punitive solutions, such as longer jail time.

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   How much do metaphors influence our thinking?

   • We are also not consciously aware of how much metaphors influence our thinking. In the crime metaphors experiment, when researchers asked what influenced people’s opinions about crime, almost no one mentioned the metaphor.

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   Can metaphors change the way we solve big problems?

   • These aren’t just rhetorical flourishes; they’re mind-changing tools with very real consequences. In a series of five experiments, Paul Thibodeau and Lera Boroditsky from Stanford University have shown how influential metaphors can be. They can change the way we try to solve big problems like crime.

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   Can metaphors shape our opinions?

   • Emerging psychological research tells us that something as simple as a single metaphor can have consequences for how we think. They can also be powerful tools in the hands of those looking to shape our opinions. In a recent Stanford study, participants were presented with brief passages about crime in a hypothetical city named Addison.

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9. www.sciencedaily.com › releases › 2011How metaphors shape the debate about crime fighting

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   Feb 24, 2011 · Thibodeau PH, Boroditsky L. Metaphors We Think With: The Role of Metaphor in Reasoning. PLoS ONE , 6(2): e16782 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016782 Cite This Page :