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The Theory of Narrative Thought
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The Theory of Narrative Thought

By: Lee Roy Beach, James A. Wise

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We don't see reality as it is. Instead, your brain uses experience to create a story—your private narrative. This book shows how this narrative enables humans to anticipate the future, engage in complex thought, and communicate, providing a new way of viewing human experience.

The renowned naturalist, Loren Eisely, observed that we humans have given up the “certainty of the animal that what it senses is exactly there in…
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The renowned naturalist, Loren Eisely, observed that we humans have given up the “certainty of the animal that what it senses is exactly there in the shape the eye beholds.” The big question is, what did we get in return?

This book provides a convincing answer to this question, arguing that, instead of recording reality, your brain uses your experience to create a story, a narrative, about how what happened to you in the past led to what is happening to you now. This narrative is your private reality. The book continues by showing how replacing recorded reality with private narrative enabled humans to anticipate the fundamentally unknowable immediate and remote future and expose potential threats. It then shows how private narrative enabled complex thought and communication with others. Drawing upon a wide range of research, the book provides a stimulating new way of viewing human experience, thinking, communicating, and action.

Lee Roy Beach is McClelland Professor Emeritus at the Eller College of the University of Arizona, where he previously served as Professor and Vice Dean. He holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology, specializing in cognition and decision making. He has served on the editorial boards of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Making, The Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, and the Journal of Forecasting. In addition, published over 125 scholarly articles and 12 books, three of which are explorations of narrative cognition.

James A. Wise received his PhD in Experimental and Mathematical Psychology from the University of Washington. During a 42-year career in academia and research at US and German universities and national laboratories, and as founder of his own design research firm, he has authored over 140 publications. Since retiring in 2010, he has been a Planning Commissioner in his home city, and is now President of a regional citizens’ group devoted to assisting local sustainable development.

Hardback

  • ISBN: 1-5275-8162-4
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8162-3
  • Date of Publication: 2022-03-02

Paperback

  • ISBN: 1-0364-2778-1
  • ISBN13: 978-1-0364-2778-8
  • Date of Publication: 2024-12-13

Ebook

  • ISBN: 1-5275-8163-2
  • ISBN13: 978-1-5275-8163-0
  • Date of Publication: 2024-12-13
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  • BIC: GPQ, JMR, JMA
  • THEMA: GPQ, JMR, JMA
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