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Thinking and Problem Solving

Robert J. Sternberg

Academic Press | 1998 -2ª edição |482 páginas | pdf | 7,2 Mb


Thinking and Problem-Solving presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of literature on cognition, reasoning, intelligence, and other formative areas specific to this field. Written for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and academics, this volume is a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology. Thinking and Problem-Solving provides insight into questions such as: how do people solve complex problems in mathematics and everyday life? How do we generate new ideas? How do we piece together clues to solve a mystery, categorize novel events, and teach others to do the same? 
Key Features* Provides a comprehensive literature review* Covers both historical and contemporary approaches* Organized for ease of use and reference* Chapters authored by leading scholars

Contents
Contributors xiii
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
1 History of Research on Thinking and Problem Solving
Roger L. Dominowski and Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.
2 Contemporary Approaches to the Study of Thinking and Problem Solving
K. Anders Ericsson and Reid Hastie
3 Knowledge Representation
Timothy P. McNamara
4 Concepts and Categories
Brian H. Ross and Thomas L. Spalding
5 Deduction and Its Cognitive Basis
Lance J. Rips
6 Inductive Reasoning
Jeffery Bisanz, Gay L. Bisanz, and Connie A. Korpan
7 Problem Solving
Earl Hunt
8 Language and Thought
Richard J. Gerrig and Mahzarin R. Banaji
9 Intelligence
Robert J. Sternberg
10 Creativity
Todd I. Lubart
11 Development of Problem Solving
Shari Ellis and Robert S. Siegler
12 Cultural Dimensions of Cognition: A Multiplex, Dynamic System of Constraints and Possibilities
Robert Serpell and A. Wade Boykin
13 The Teaching of Thinking and Problem Solving
Raymond S. Nickerson

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