The Psychology of Thinking

Reasoning, Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

AvJohn Paul Minda

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

The Psychology of Thinking is an engaging, interesting and easy-to-follow guide into the essential concepts behind our reasoning, decision-making and problem-solving. Clearly structured into 3 sections, this book will;

Introduce your students to organisation of thought including memory, language and concepts;
Expand their understanding of reasoning including inference and induction as well as motivation and the impact of mood;
Improve their thinking in action, focusing on decision-making and problem-solving.

Suitable for any course in which students need to develop their judgement and decision-making skills, this book uses clever examples of real-world situations to help them understand and apply the theories discussed to their everyday thinking.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-19
Mått:186 x 232 x 16 mm
Vikt:550 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Upplaga:2
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781529702064

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Kognitiv psykologi inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

John Paul Minda is a Professor of Psychology and a member of the Brain and Mind Institute at Western University, in London, Ontario. As a researcher, he is interested in thinking as it relates to concepts and categories. He runs a research laboratory that investigates how people learn new categories and represent them with concepts. He also studies how conceptual structure interacts with and affects behavioural outcomes. He has done research on medical expertise and on the kinds of reasoning tasks that physicians engage in. As an instructor, and as a psychologist in general, he is interested in other aspects of thinking as well. Every year since 2003, he has taught a course on the Psychology of Thinking.

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Creative thinking is one of the civil engineers critical skills and up until now I hadn′t discovered an text booked that explained the many facets of thinking is such a succinct and clear style. I may well be recommending this for other courses I deliver.

Innehållsförteckning

Section 1: The Organization of Human ThoughtChapter 1: The Psychology of ThinkingChapter 2: The Psychology of SimilarityChapter 3: Knowledge and MemoryChapter 4: Concepts and CategoriesChapter 5: Language and ThoughtSection 2: Thinking and ReasoningChapter 6: Inference and InductionChapter 7: Deductive ReasoningChapter 8: Context, Motivation, and MoodSection 3: Thinking in Action: Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and ExpertiseChapter 9: Decision-MakingChapter 10: Problem-SolvingChapter 11: Expertise and Expert Thinking