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
1. Verfasser: Vuchinich, Rudy E.
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Sprache:eng
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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.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X00472407