Psychology and the Poetics of Growth - Figurative Language in Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Education

In this volume, originally published in 1977, the authors describe the relevance of figurative language for the psychology of language and present a methodological approach best described as naturalistic in orientation.

List of contents

Preface. Part I: Figurative Language 1. Why Figurative Language? 2. Models of the Metaphoric Process 3. The Measurement of Metaphor and Some Preliminary Findings Part II: Figurative Language and the Process of Psychotherapy 4. Metaphor in Psychotherapy 5. Insight in Psychotherapy 6. Metaphor and Insight in Psychotherapy: Some Empirical Results Part III: Figurative Language, Children, and the Educational Context 7. The Development of Figurative Language 8. Figurative Language and the Educational Process 9. Making it More: Evaluating Methods for Teaching Figurative Language. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

About the author

Howard R. Pollio University of Tennessee; Jack M. Barlow, Private Pratcuce, Knoxville, Tennessee; Harold J. Fine University of Tennessee and Marilyn R. Pollio Maryville College

Product details

• Authors: Jack M. Barlow, Harold J. Fine, Howard R. Pollio, Marilyn R. Pollio
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9781032594330
• ISBN: 978-1-032-59433-0
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Psychology Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Psychotherapy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics