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    "pk": 25775,
    "title": "Systemic Metaphors Promote Systems Thinking",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Is income inequality more of a blemish or a failing organ in\nour economy? Both metaphors capture something about\nwealth disparities, but only failing organ seems to emphasize\nthe fact that our economy is a complex system where activity\nin one region may lead to a cascade of problems in other parts\nof the system. In the present study, we introduce a novel\nmethod for classifying such “systemic” metaphors, which\nreveals that people can reliably identify the extent to which a\nmetaphor highlights the complex causal structure of a target\ndomain. In a second experiment, we asked whether exposing\npeople to more systemic metaphors would induce a systems\nthinking mindset and influence reasoning on a seemingly\nunrelated task. We found that participants who were primed\nwith systemic metaphors scored higher on subsequent tasks\nthat measured relational and holistic thinking, supporting the\nview that these metaphors can promote systems thinking.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "systems thinking; metaphors; intervention"
        },
        {
            "word": "framing; decision making"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/38f266dx",
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        {
            "first_name": "Paul",
            "middle_name": "H",
            "last_name": "Thibodeau",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Oberlin College",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Anna",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Winneg",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Oberlin College",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Cynthia",
            "middle_name": "M",
            "last_name": "Frantz",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Oberlin College",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Stephen",
            "middle_name": "J",
            "last_name": "Flusberg",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "SUNY Purchase College",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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