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5Theories of perception can broadly be divided into two groups: orthodox and heterodox theories. Orthodox theories of perception consider perception as a neurological process, i.e. as a phenomenon which can be explained solely in terms of intracranial facts. Heterodox views expand this scope, maintaining that an understanding of perception must include extracranial facts, or facts about the environment in which a perceiver is situated. This thesis will attempt to defend a particular exemplar of t…Read more
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7An initial investigation of the role of death concerns in evaluations of metaphoric language about GodArchive for the Psychology of Religion 43 (2): 135-160. 2021.Past research suggests that death pushes some individuals to strongly promote religious worldviews. The current work explores the role of conceptual metaphor in this process. Past research shows that metaphors can provide meaning and certainty, suggesting that death may therefore cause people to be more attracted to epistemically beneficial metaphoric descriptions of God. In three studies, we test this possibility against competing alternatives suggesting that death concerns may cause more selec…Read more
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10Attachment to God Uniquely Predicts Variation in Well-Being OutcomesArchive for the Psychology of Religion 40 (2-3): 225-257. 2018.Prior research shows that one's relationship with God is often patterned on interpersonal attachment style. In other words, the expectations people have about the supportiveness of close others tend to color perceptions of God. Past research also shows that well-being corresponds with a more secure view of others in attachment relationships, both interpersonal and divine. This raises an important theoretical question: Are the associations between attachment to God and well-being due to the uniqu…Read more
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29Can false memory for critical lures occur without conscious awareness of list words?Consciousness and Cognition 58 136-157. 2018.
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17On the road: Combining possible identities and metaphor to motivate disadvantaged middle-school studentsMetaphor and Symbol 32 (4): 276-290. 2017.In America, White and affluent middle-school students outperform minority students and those of low socioeconomic status on measures of academic performance. This achievement gap is partly attributable to differences in academic engagement. A promising strategy for engaging students is to elicit an academic possible identity: an image of oneself in the future as an accomplished student. Tests of this strategy’s efficacy show mixed results, however. According to Identity-Based Motivation Theory, …Read more
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24Time‐Space Distanciation: An Interdisciplinary Account of How Culture Shapes the Implicit and Explicit Psychology of Time and SpaceJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 46 (4): 450-474. 2016.The growing body of research on temporal and spatial experience lacks a comprehensive theoretical approach. Drawing on Giddens’ framework, we present time-space distanciation as a construct for theorizing the relations between culture, time, and space. TSD in a culture may be understood as the extent to which time and space are abstracted as separate dimensions and activities are extended and organized across time and space. After providing a historical account of its development, we outline a m…Read more
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37Others in Mind: Social Origins of Self-ConsciousnessPhilosophical Psychology 24 (2): 287-290. 2011.No abstract
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24Divergent Effects of Metaphoric Company Logos: Do They Convey What the Company Does or What I Need?Metaphor and Symbol 30 (4): 314-338. 2015.Many corporate logos use pictorial metaphors to influence consumer attitudes. Priming concrete concepts—by means of logo exposure or other procedures—changes attitudes toward dissimilar abstract targets in metaphor-consistent ways. It is assumed, however, that observers apply a logo’s metaphor externally to interpret the company and its service. This research examined the possibility that observers may instead apply that metaphor internally to interpret their current condition and hence their ne…Read more
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University of DaytonPost-doctoral fellow
Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind |
Continental Philosophy |