Armstrong M S, McConaghy N
Psychol Med. 1977 Aug;7(3):439-45. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700004414.
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.
简要回顾了隐喻性思维的概念，并提出了一种巴甫洛夫式的思维模型。据推测，与非隐喻性思维者相比，隐喻性思维者具有更广泛但强度较低的注意力过程，且抑制作用较弱。基于此模型预测，在需要判断意义相似性的单词测试中，隐喻性思维者倾向于选择更具距离感或不寻常的单词作为意义相似的词。对63名大学生进行了词汇光环测试和单词分类测试，并使用物体分类测试作为隐喻性思维的一种衡量方法。隐喻性思维者会选择更不寻常的单词作为意义相似的词这一预测得到了支持。还注意到隐喻性思维者比非隐喻性思维者更啰嗦的倾向。
