Thinking styles / Robert J. Sternberg.

Publisher description: In our society, the recognition of talent depends largely on idealized and entrenched perceptions of academic achievement and job performance. Thinking Styles bucks this trend by emphasizing the method of our thought rather than its content. Psychologist Robert Sternberg argue...

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Main Author: Sternberg, Robert J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What Are Thinking Styles and Why Do We Need Them?
  • 2. Functions of Thinking Styles: The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Styles
  • 3. Forms of Thinking Styles: The Monarchic, Hierarchic, Oligarchic, and Anarchic Styles
  • 4. Levels, Scope, and Leanings of Thinking Styles: The Global, Local, Internal, External, Liberal, and Conservative Styles
  • 5. The Principles of Thinking Styles
  • 6. The Development of Thinking Styles
  • 7. Thinking Styles in the Classroom: What Have We Learned?
  • 8. A Capsule History of Theory and Research on Styles
  • 9. Why a Theory of Mental Self-government?