Creative and conventional metaphors are anchored in different patterns of cognitive abilities¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Creative metaphors rely more on executive processes (Gf, Gr), whereas conventional metaphors primarily draw on acquired vocabulary knowledge (Gc). → Roger E. Beaty & Paul J. Silvia 2013

Evidence¶

Roger E. Beaty & Paul J. Silvia 2013¶

Roger E. Beaty & Paul J. Silvia. (2013). Metaphorically speaking: cognitive abilities and the production of figurative language. Memory & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-012-0258-5

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Summary contrast from the abstract of the SEM study of 191 undergraduates: "Creative metaphors rely more on executive processes, whereas conventional metaphors primarily draw from acquired vocabulary knowledge." The specific betas are reported in the sibling claims' evidence.

"Creative and conventional metaphors thus appear to be anchored in dif- ferent patterns of abilities: Creative metaphors rely more on executive processes, whereas conventional metaphors primarily draw from acquired vocabulary knowledge."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Crystallized intelligence predicts conventional metaphor quality, while Gf and Gr effects are small and nonsignificant — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Broad retrieval ability has a large effect on creative metaphor quality (β = .52) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The effect of crystallized intelligence on children's creativity is mediated by shifting — related
• Creativity, crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence and executive functions are all correlated in children aged 8 to 13 — related
• After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity — related
• Openness to experience predicts creative metaphor quality, and controlling for personality reduces Gc's creative-metaphor effect to zero — related
• Fluid intelligence strongly predicts the creative quality of produced metaphors (β = .45) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Executive functions substantially account for the latent intelligence–creativity correlation, leaving a reduced but still positive residual of r = .34. — related