Regression in schizophrenic thought disorder.

Klorman, Rafael; Chapman, Loren J.

doi:10.1037/h0027194

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“…It would follow that to be able to comprehend metaphor, one must be familiar with the word in its widest connotational sense. Klorman and Chapman (1969), though not studying metaphor, found that younger children (8-10 years old) were less likely than older children (13-14 years old) to consider the multiple meanings of words. The younger children tended to rely on the strongest normal aspects of meaning, neglecting the weaker aspects called for by the context.…”

Section: Developmental Theory and Researchmentioning

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Metaphor: A review of the psychological literature.

Billow¹

1977

Psychological Bulletin

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Metaphor supplies a language with flexibility, expressibility, and a method by which to expand. It contributes to the functioning of cognition, language, memory, and creativity. Learning and mediational theories account for metaphor creation on a sensory basis (a) as an example of mediation by physical similarity between stimuli or (b) by response similarity between different empirical modes. Nativistic theories posit internally based processes such as physiognomic perception cr intersensory characteristics of individual sense modalties. A nonconscious basis of metaphor is postulated by psychodynamic theories. In addition to inexperience with the weaker normal aspect of word meaning, syncretism and physiognomic perception might partially account for younger children's relative concreteness in comprehension. However, recent studies suggest that comprehension and production of rudimentary forms of metaphor appear in early childhood. Given the scarcity of systematic investigation, it is not clear whether metaphor is a special form of response or whether it can be subsumed under a general psychological theory, such as learning, cognitive development, or psychoanalysis.

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Section: Developmental Theory and Researchmentioning

confidence: 88%

Metaphor: A review of the psychological literature.

Billow¹

1977

Psychological Bulletin

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“…Corroborative evidence of ego regression in schizophrenics has come from laboratory experiments (Flynn, 1965;Klorman & Chapman, 1969) demonstrating that adult schizophrenics, when compared to normal adults and to children in terms of performance on several cognitive tests, make errors similar to those committed by the children.…”

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A Rorschach validation study of the ego regression theory of psychopathology.

Glatt¹,

Karon²

1974

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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Four times during a 20-month period 33 schizophrenics were given a psychiatric interview (to ascertain clinical status) and the Rorschach. Test-retest changes in 10 Rorschach indices of ego regression were then correlated with concurrent measures of clinical status change. F + %, R, Perseveration and Scorability were significantly related as predicted. Moreover, subjects not receiving medication showed more evidence of regression and recovery as their clinical status either declined or improved than did subjects receiving medication. Thus, there are certain treatment conditions under which the concept of ego regression accurately describes the pathogenic process, whereas there are other conditions under which regression is not as clearly demonstrable.

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“…Broen and Storms (1966) and Venables (1964) have suggested that excessive yielding to normal biases may be due to a narrowing of attention. Sullivan (1944Sullivan ( / 1964, Klorman andChapman (1969), andWatt (1971) have offered psychodynamic explanations. Chapman et al (1964) and Cromwell and Dokecki (1968) believe that schizophrenics suffer from a deficit in information processing.…”

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Excessive yielding to normal biases is not a distinctive sign of schizophrenia.

Naficy¹,

Willerman²

1980

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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Excessive yielding to normal biases was examined by administering a word meaning test to groups of schizophrenics, manics, and controls. It was hypothesized that in sentences calling for the nonpreferred or nondominant meaning of words, schizophrenics would err more in the direction of choosing the preferred meaning. Manics and controls were not expected to make such errors. It was found that both manics and schizophrenics yielded excessively to normal biases. The findings of this study question the specificity of the phenomenon to schizophrenics.

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Regression in schizophrenic thought disorder.

Cited by 9 publications

References 11 publications

Metaphor: A review of the psychological literature.

Metaphor: A review of the psychological literature.

A Rorschach validation study of the ego regression theory of psychopathology.

Excessive yielding to normal biases is not a distinctive sign of schizophrenia.

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