Thinking: Directed, Undirected, and Creative

Thinking: Directed, Undirected, and Creative

by K. J. Gilhooly (Author)

Synopsis

The Third Edition builds upon the previous edition to provide a comprehensive, coherent, and up-to-date introduction to the area of thought processes in normal human adults. The major topics covered are: thinking directed at solving well-defined problems, and less directed forms of thinking, such as daydreaming, and creative thinking. These topics are predominantly discussed from an information processing approach, which is currently dominant in cognitive psychology. Also included in this text are historical background, progress achieved within the information processing approach to thinking, and promising directions for future research.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 296
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 12 Apr 1996

ISBN 10: 0122834852
ISBN 13: 9780122834851

Author Bio
Dr. Gilhooly is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Aberdeen. He has published extensively in the psychology of human thinking, and has held numerous research grants in that area. His current research interests focus on the role of working memory in reasoning, planning and creative thinking; and cognitive processes in medical problem solving.