Sentence examples for the concreteness from inspiring English sources
noun
The state of being concrete
According to the concreteness effect, concrete words are more easily and quickly remembered and recognized than abstract words due to the difference in image ability between concrete and abstract words [Kroll and Merves, 1986].
Studies which have used experimental manipulations to increase concrete thinking have demonstrated concurrent increases in the concreteness of problem solving plans and autobiographical memory specificity (Watkins and Moulds 2005; Watkins and Teasdale 2001, 2004), and previous studies have reported a similar effect of a course of MBCT on the autobiographical memory (Williams et al. 2000).
But with some disasters, like this week's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, the concreteness of the damage is overwhelming.
Broadly speaking, the mythic power of Welsh is great for scenes set in the timeless landscapes, while the concreteness of English suits police procedural.
When he broke into a standard bebop pattern on the snare drum for a few seconds, the audience laughed at the concreteness of the gesture.
Part of what appealed to her about donating a kidney was the concreteness of it: she knew that she was helping someone, and she knew exactly how.
We hope the combined concreteness and generality of the Appendix will help to clarify the situation for the referees and future readers.
The answers given in the Rumination Interview were analyzed to test the reduced concreteness theory of recurrent negative thinking in emotional disorders (Stöber, 1998) in the context of trauma-related PTSD and depression.
Weberg juxtaposes the blunt concreteness and cold realism of the empty factory with abstract and exuberantly colorful video projections generated on his own cell phone.
If we were to go to the limit of concreteness the types would shrink to single membered types, but there would still be no ontological difference between identity theory and functionalism.
The theoretical rationale for this distinction comes from the reduced concreteness theory (Borkovec et al. 1998; Stober and Borkovec 2002) and the interacting cognitive subsystems theory (Teasdale 1999).
