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Healthcare organizations depend on managers to build effective peer
relationships to manage complex patient needs. Today, top
management is fighting the many headed monster Hydra from Greek
Mythology. The organization is steeped in conflict between peers.
But, as soon as one problem is resolved, two more have grown in its
place. These appear to be personal conflicts, but instead follow
patterns of dysfunction. This book provides the conceptual
frameworks for identifying these and for developing peer to peer
relationship competence in the healthcare organization.
We learn in grade school that metaphor is an ornamental figure of
speech reserved for poets. But we now know that it is also a key
strategy people use to make sense of the world, from basic concepts
like time and causation to the major social issues facing society.
In this book, Mark Landau clarifies with wide-ranging evidence the
many ways conceptual metaphor guides our thoughts and actions,
shining a light on the cognitive underpinnings of social life.
Conceptual Metaphor in Social Psychology synthesizes over
twenty-five years of in-depth research. Drawing from innovative
experiments conducted around the globe, Landau shows conclusively
that individuals and groups use metaphor-often unconsciously-to
grasp abstractions, make judgments and decisions, communicate, and
organize their behavior. Each chapter explores metaphor's
importance for understanding a major topic in social psychology:
social cognition, motivation, culture, the self, interpersonal
relationships, intergroup dynamics, politics, and health. What
emerges is a powerful explanation of how social behavior is shaped
by and reflected in our bodily functioning, cultural context, and
language use. Integrating insights from cognitive linguistics,
anthropology, and personality, this book makes a compelling case
that conceptual metaphor has a pervasive effect on human affairs.
Researchers in social psychology will discover new ways to think
about and investigate these related topics, while students of
psychology will learn about an exciting development in
understanding enduring questions about who we are and how we got
that way.
We learn in grade school that metaphor is an ornamental figure of
speech reserved for poets. But we now know that it is also a key
strategy people use to make sense of the world, from basic concepts
like time and causation to the major social issues facing society.
In this book, Mark Landau clarifies with wide-ranging evidence the
many ways conceptual metaphor guides our thoughts and actions,
shining a light on the cognitive underpinnings of social life.
Conceptual Metaphor in Social Psychology synthesizes over
twenty-five years of in-depth research. Drawing from innovative
experiments conducted around the globe, Landau shows conclusively
that individuals and groups use metaphor-often unconsciously-to
grasp abstractions, make judgments and decisions, communicate, and
organize their behavior. Each chapter explores metaphor's
importance for understanding a major topic in social psychology:
social cognition, motivation, culture, the self, interpersonal
relationships, intergroup dynamics, politics, and health. What
emerges is a powerful explanation of how social behavior is shaped
by and reflected in our bodily functioning, cultural context, and
language use. Integrating insights from cognitive linguistics,
anthropology, and personality, this book makes a compelling case
that conceptual metaphor has a pervasive effect on human affairs.
Researchers in social psychology will discover new ways to think
about and investigate these related topics, while students of
psychology will learn about an exciting development in
understanding enduring questions about who we are and how we got
that way.
Concepts for Neural Networks - A Survey provides a wide-ranging survey of concepts relating to the study of neural networks. It includes chapters explaining the basics of both artificial neural networks and the mathematics of neural networks, as well as chapters covering the more philosophical background to the topic and consciousness. There is also significant emphasis on the practical use of the techniques described in the area of robotics. Containing contributions from some of the world's leading specialists in their fields (including Dr. Ton Coolen and Professor Igor Aleksander), this volume will provide the reader with a good, general introduction to the basic concepts needed to understan d and use neural network technology.
This book explores the possibility that people understand abstract
social concepts using metaphor, which from this perspective is not
simply a matter of words. Rather, it is a cognitive tool that
people routinely use to understand abstract concepts (such as
morality) in terms of superficially dissimilar concepts that are
relatively easier to comprehend (such as cleanliness). Although
observations on metaphor's cognitive significance date back to
Aristotle, the development of a formal theoretical framework,
labeled conceptual metaphor theory, has stimulated systematic
empirical study on metaphor's role in social psychological
phenomena primarily over the past decade. This book summarizes
current knowledge and integrates recent developments for readers
interested in the topic of metaphor and, more broadly, in the
cognitive underpinnings of social life. Some topics covered include
* overcoming many of the empirical limitations confronting
linguistic analyses of conceptual metaphor * how metaphoric
influences guide perceptions of other people and the self and
judgments of right and wrong * relying on metaphor when
constructing memories of social stimuli * the role of metaphor in
judgment and decision making * how exposure to metaphor in mass
political communication influences observers' attitudes toward
social and political issues
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