Construal level theory says that we think more concretely, a...

Construal level theory says that we think more concretely, as opposed to abstractly, about things that seem nearer to us in space, time, sociality, chance, and plan. Such concrete thinking can reveal itself, for example, in our using more concrete words as descriptors.

Place things in physical proximity to yourself to think more concretely about them.

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