Schema theory provides a foundation for the analysis of game play patterns created by players during their interaction with a game. Schema models derived from the analysis of play provide a rich explanatory framework for the cognitive processes underlying game play, as well as detailed hypotheses for the hierarchical structure of pleasures and rewards motivating players. Game engagement is acco...

Victims of sexual violence are often punished by the legal system when their version incident—or fact finders' perception version—violates expected schemas. We investigated influence schemas on mock jurors' ability to accurately recognize facts presented in a hypothetical case. Participants (N = 155) read vignette depicting one four scenarios: expectancy consistent, inconsistent, no detail cont...

Official Full-Text Publication: Early maladaptive schemas of personality disorder different types of disorders to Early Maladaptive Schemas (Waller et al., 1993. A cognitive schema can be defined as a mental representation of knowledge Cohen (1993) argued that: the concept of schema is too vague to be useful and it. psychology literature (Bassok & Holyoak, 1993, Brown & Kane, 1988, Detterman, 1...

This book – written in collaboration with René Doursat, director of the Complex Systems Institute, Paris – adds a new dimension to Cognitive Grammars. It provides a rigorous, operational mathematical foundation, which draws from topology, geometry and dynamical systems to model iconic «image-schemas» and «conceptual archetypes». It defends the thesis that René Thom’s morphodynamics is especiall...

Prior research has noted the salience of informational engagements that culminate in an organizing vision to the diffusion of technology and the value firms garner from the technology. In contrast to sociological theories that view meaning as inherently pluralistic, information technology research has espoused a single community-level organizing vision. Drawing upon schema theory, we posit that...

INTRODUCTION Cognitive theories of psychopathology have generally proposed that early experiences of childhood abuse and neglect may result in the development of early maladaptive self-schemas. Maladaptive core schemas are central in the development and maintenance of psychological symptoms in a schema-focused approach. Psychosocial dysfunction in individuals with psychological problems has bee...