Behavioral momentum and behavioral economic metaphors for excessive consumption
Metaphors “highlight and hide” different aspects of phenomena. A behavioral economic metaphor for excessive consumption highlights the contextual features of behavioral-environment relations. Can the behavioral momentum metaphor generate a representation of context that is at least as useful as that...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Behavioral and brain sciences 2000-02, Vol.23 (1), p.114-115, Article S0140525X00472407 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Metaphors “highlight and hide” different aspects of phenomena. A behavioral economic metaphor for excessive consumption highlights the contextual features of behavioral-environment relations. Can the behavioral momentum metaphor generate a representation of context that is at least as useful as that generated by behavioral economics? Maybe, maybe not; or maybe a mixed metaphor will do a better job than either alone. |
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ISSN: | 0140-525X 1469-1825 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X00472407 |