Proverbs and Psychology
Though much proverb scholarship is done by literary scholars, those studying the human mind have used proverbs in a variety of studies. One of the earliest studies in this field is the Proverbs Test by Gorham, developed in 1956. A similar test is being prepared in German. Proverbs have been used to evaluate dementia, study the cognitive development of children, measure the results of brain injuries, and study how the mind processes figurative language.
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Famous quotes containing the words proverbs and/or psychology:
“He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 28:23.
“We have lost the art of living; and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behaviour, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)