| Description |
xiii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Historical background -- The building blocks of thought -- Language and thought -- Logic -- Deductive reasoning -- Syllogistic reasoning -- Induction -- Hypothesis testing -- Statistical reasoning -- Decision making -- Problem solving -- Game playing and expertise -- Creativity -- Everyday reasoning -- Teaching thinking skills -- The development of thinking: Piagetian and information-processing approaches -- The development of thinking: scientific and conceptual thought -- A framework for the study of thinking |
| Summary |
This textbook covers a broad range of research on the psychology of thinking and reasoning. In particular, the authors focus on the question of when thinking is best characterized as the following of abstract rules and when as the building and manipulation of mental models of concrete situations |
| Analysis |
Reasoning |
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Thought |
| Notes |
Includes index. Bibliography: p. 345-371 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-371) and index |
| Subject |
Reasoning (Psychology)
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Thought and thinking.
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Thinking.
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| Author |
Oakhill, Jane.
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| LC no. |
93039084 |
| ISBN |
0631170022 (alk. paper) |
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0631170030 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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