Some Uses of Proverbs

D'Angelo, Frank J.

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“…Many cultures and peoples of the world have proverbs that serve important socio-epistemological purposes in their world. Hence, it is easy to agree with D’Angelo’s (1977) assertion that “almost every nation has its share of proverbs and wise sayings” (p. 366). The Book of Proverbs in the Bible connects with most of our definitions above and especially validates the fact that religious connections of proverbs predate most of human history.…”

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Proverbs as Theoretical Frameworks for Lifelong Learning in Indigenous African Education

Avoseh

2012

Adult Education Quarterly

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Every aspect of a community's life and values in indigenous Africa provide the theoretical framework for education. The holistic worldview of the traditional system places a strong emphasis on the centrality of the human element and orature in the symmetrical relationship between life and learning. This article focuses on proverbs and the words that form them as important sources of, and foundation for, indigenous African education. The article analyzes proverbs and the power of the spoken word in indigenous African pedagogy. The analysis is used to argue for an increased articulation of indigenous African knowledge into the dialogue on the inclusion of non-Western traditions in the theoretical frameworks for adult education. The article uses the traditional contexts of Ogu and Yoruba of West Africa but draws examples mostly from Yoruba proverbs to present their epistemological significance in traditional African education.

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Proverbs as Theoretical Frameworks for Lifelong Learning in Indigenous African Education

Avoseh

2012

Adult Education Quarterly

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“…Proverbs are communication devices used to convey "well-known truths" in a cognitively fluent and easy-to-memorize way (D'Angelo, 1977;Mieder, 2004). Such features of proverbs may affect how we make judgments about others' behaviors.…”

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“…However, whereas a considerable amount of research has studied the intuitive and largely autonomous nature of moral judgments, less research has explored the social factors that shape people's moral intuitions and judgments. Among these factors are language-oriented communication devices such as proverbs, which are used to convey and perpetuate "well-known truths" across generations (D'Angelo, 1977), in a metaphorical and easy-to-memorize way (Mieder, 2004; see Bohrn et al, 2012;Chacoto, 1994;Lopes, 1992;Arewa & Dundes, 1964). In the present study, we are interested in understanding how these popular sayings influence one's moral judgments.…”

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Popular Saying and Moral Judgment: The Influence of Proverbs on Moral Intuition

Seruti,

Ferreira,

Kluwe-Schiavon

2024

Social Cognition

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The present research explores whether popular proverbs can shape moral intuitions and influence people's moral judgments. A two-response experimental paradigm was used to obtain participants' evaluations of immoral behaviors that were condemned or condoned using popular proverbs. When used to condemn immoral behaviors, proverbs increased the strength of participants' moral intuitions—making their judgments more polarized, confident, and resistant to response revision. When used to condone immoral behaviors, proverbs did not change moral judgment (i.e., immoral behaviors were still considered unacceptable) but weakened participants moral intuitions—making their judgments relatively less polarized and confident. Our results further suggest that the cognitive ease of processing associated with proverbs contributes to explaining their impact on people's moral judgments.

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“…Many of these factors are language-oriented attributions and interpretations of moral rules shared by a social group, such as proverbs. Proverbs are statements that express social norms in a metaphorical and easy to memorize way, and that are socially transmitted across generations (D'Angelo, 1977). They are widely used in social contexts and can be seen in advertisements, political speeches and in daily communications.…”

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Popular saying and moral judgment: The influence of proverbs on moral intuition

Seruti¹,

Ferreira²

2022

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The present research explores whether familiar proverbs can shape moral intuitions and influence people's moral judgments. A two-response experimental paradigm was used to capture participants’ responses to others’ opinions that condemn or condone immoral behaviors using popular proverbs compared to non-proverbial sentences carrying the same meaning. Results indicate that, when proverbs align with participants' previous moral beliefs, proverbs increase the strength of participants' moral intuitions – making their judgments more polarized, confident, and resistant to response revision. But not when proverbs conflict with such previous beliefs. Our results further suggest that the cognitive ease associated with proverbs contributes to explaining their impact on people’s moral judgments.

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Some Uses of Proverbs

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Proverbs as Theoretical Frameworks for Lifelong Learning in Indigenous African Education

Proverbs as Theoretical Frameworks for Lifelong Learning in Indigenous African Education

Popular Saying and Moral Judgment: The Influence of Proverbs on Moral Intuition

Popular saying and moral judgment: The influence of proverbs on moral intuition

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