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The psychology of thinking / [by] Lyle E. Bourne, Jr., Bruce R. Ekstrand [and] Roger L. Dominowski.

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Main Authors: Bourne, Lyle Eugene, Jr., 1932-, Ekstrand, Bruce R. (Author), Dominowski, Roger L., 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1971]
Series:Prentice-Hall psychology series.
Subjects:
Thought and thinking.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Psychology and the concept of thought
  • The nature of thinking
  • Development of thinking
  • Aims and plan of the book
  • 2. History and general theoretical systems
  • Antecedents of scientific psychology
  • The beginnings of an independent psychology
  • Later developments
  • The psychology of thinking in America
  • Summary
  • 3. Understanding problem solving: preliminary considerations
  • Types of problems and solution processes
  • Methods for studying problem solving
  • 4. Theories of problem solving
  • Three theoretical views
  • 5. Empirical studies of problem solving: the task
  • Characteristics of the problem situation
  • Characteristics of the solution
  • 6. Empirical studies of problem solving: the problem solver
  • Individual differences among problem solvers
  • Transfer effects in problem solving
  • 7. Tasks, variables, and processes
  • Tasks and methods
  • A modest theoretical orientation
  • The associative process
  • Major verbal-learning variables
  • 8. Verbal learning: the relationship to thinking
  • Transfer of training
  • The adequacy of S-R analyses: selected problems
  • Summary
  • 9. The nature of concepts
  • Formal characteristics of concepts
  • Conceptual behavior
  • Methodological considerations
  • 10. Contemporary theories of concept formation
  • Section one: the theories
  • Theory of associations
  • Theory of hypotheses
  • Theory of mediation
  • Theory of information processing
  • Section two: preliminary evaluation of theories
  • Conceptual issues, empirical issues
  • Summary
  • 11. Empirical studies of conceptual behavior: the problem solver
  • Performance
  • General characteristics and processes of the learner
  • Development of conceptual behavior
  • Summary
  • 12. Empirical studies of conceptual behavior: the task
  • Complexity of the response system
  • Properties of the concept
  • Properties of the stimulus
  • Informative feedback
  • Timing of critical events
  • Summary
  • 13. Language and thought
  • Some basic research findings
  • The linguistic relativity hypothesis
  • Language and thought-Additional considerations
  • Summary
  • 14. Language: a system for thinking
  • Competence and performance
  • Levels of linguistic analysis
  • Semantics
  • The development of language
  • - 15. Concepts, thoughts, and behavior
  • Thinking and behavior
  • Learning to think
  • Learning and using concepts
  • Final remark.

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