Equilibrium Schema
Equilibrium Schema
An equilibrium schema is a balance schema that involves physical or metaphorical external and internal pressure on container-like objects.
(English)
- Pressure in the stomach
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Some aspects of psychological balance, such as when emotions are said to be capable of “exploding” and thus in need of being:
- “repressed”
- “suppressed”
- “held in”
Page/s: 86, 88–89
Source: Johnson 1987
Johnson, Mark. 1987. The body in the mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination, and reason. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Balance Schema
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/equilibrium-schema
