Crystallized intelligence predicts conventional metaphor quality, while Gf and Gr effects are small and nonsignificant¶

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¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q3 i? Gc had a significant effect on conventional metaphor ratings (β = .30, p = .005), whereas Gf (β = .10) and Gr (β = .08) effects were small and nonsignificant. → 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

SEM of conventional metaphor aptness (Chiappe & Chiappe fill-in-the-blank task, two raters, α = .97) in 191 undergraduates found "a significant effect of Gc on metaphor ratings ( β 0 .30, p 0 .005)"; Gf and Gr effects were small and nonsignificant.

"For the conventional metaphor task, the structural model found a significant effect of Gc on metaphor ratings ( β 0 .30, p 0 .005). However, the direct effects of Gf ( β 0 .10, p 0 .371) and Gr ( β 0 .08, p 0 .469) were small and nonsignificant"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Creative and conventional metaphors are anchored in different patterns of cognitive abilities — a broader claim this one bears on
Broad retrieval ability has a large effect on creative metaphor quality (β = .52) — related
Fluid intelligence strongly predicts the creative quality of produced metaphors (β = .45) — related

Page metadata

Field	Value
`type`	`claim`
`id`	`gc-predicts-conventional-metaphor`
`title`	`Crystallized intelligence predicts conventional metaphor quality, while Gf and Gr effects are small and nonsignificant`
`description`	`Crystallized intelligence predicts conventional metaphor quality, while Gf and Gr effects are small and nonsignificant`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2013`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-17`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `roger-e-beaty-paul-j-silvia-2013`

Frontmatter is the page's machine-readable record — see the Schema & Guide.