How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset

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...

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Autores: Carrera Levillain, Pilar, Muñoz Cáceres, María Dolores, Caballero González, Amparo, Fernández, Itziar, Aguilar Barriga, Pilar, Albarracín, Dolores
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Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
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Palabra clave:Influence of verb tense
Action representations
Psicología
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spelling How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindsetCómo el tiempo verbal afecta a la interpretación de las acciones: el pasado simple conduce a las personas a un nivel de representación abstractoCarrera Levillain, PilarMuñoz Cáceres, María DoloresCaballero González, AmparoFernández, ItziarAguilar Barriga, PilarAlbarracín, DoloresInfluence of verb tenseAction representationsPsicologíaTwo 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 eventsDos experimentos examinan la influencia del tiempo verbal en el nivel de abstracción con el que las personas representan las acciones. El Experimento 1 mostró que descripciones escritas de eventos cotidianos utilizando el pasado simple indefinido (vs. presente simple) daba lugar a que las acciones descritas y los protagonistas de las mismas fueran evaluados como menos probables y menos familiares respectivamente. En el Experimento 2 los participantes escribieron sobre un episodio personal de borrachera (usando el tiempo verbal pasado simple vs. el tiempo verbal presente simple) y esas narraciones fueron analizadas utilizando el Modelo de Categorización Lingüística (LCM) (ver Semin & Fiedler, 1991). Los resultados mostraron que el episodio era descrito con mayor nivel de abstracción cuando las narraciones habían sido escritas utilizando el pasado simple indefinido (vs. presente simple). Los resultados son discutidos en el contexto de la influencia de otras formas verbales y en relación al nivel de constructo con el que se representan las accionesThis research was supported by grants from the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI 2011-28720) and by grants from the National Institutes of Health (K02-MH01861 and R01-NR08325)Universdad de Valencia. Facultad de Psicología. Departamento de MetodologiaDepartamento de Psicología Social y MetodologíaFacultad de Psicología20142014-01-01research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/668447reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6684472026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
Cómo el tiempo verbal afecta a la interpretación de las acciones: el pasado simple conduce a las personas a un nivel de representación abstracto
title How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
spellingShingle How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
Carrera Levillain, Pilar
Influence of verb tense
Action representations
Psicología
title_short How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
title_full How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
title_fullStr How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
title_full_unstemmed How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
title_sort How verb tense affects the construal of action: the simple past tense leads people into an abstract mindset
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carrera Levillain, Pilar
Muñoz Cáceres, María Dolores
Caballero González, Amparo
Fernández, Itziar
Aguilar Barriga, Pilar
Albarracín, Dolores
author Carrera Levillain, Pilar
author_facet Carrera Levillain, Pilar
Muñoz Cáceres, María Dolores
Caballero González, Amparo
Fernández, Itziar
Aguilar Barriga, Pilar
Albarracín, Dolores
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author2 Muñoz Cáceres, María Dolores
Caballero González, Amparo
Fernández, Itziar
Aguilar Barriga, Pilar
Albarracín, Dolores
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología
Facultad de Psicología
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Influence of verb tense
Action representations
Psicología
topic Influence of verb tense
Action representations
Psicología
description 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
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