Thinking and Problem Solving: Volume 2 (Handbook Of Perception And Cognition) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0126672601 ISBN 13: 9780126672602

Publisher: Academic Press, 1998

Synopsis

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?

• Provides a comprehensive literature review
• Covers both historical and contemporary approaches
• Organized for ease of use and reference
• Chapters authored by leading scholars

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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? Thinking and Problem Solving provides 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 will prove to be a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology.
Key Chapters
* Chapters authored by leading scholars
* Provides a comprehensive literature review
* Covers both historical and contemporary approaches
* Organized for ease of use and reference|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?Thinking and Problem Solving provides 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 will prove to be a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology.
Key Chapters
* Chapters authored by leading scholars
* Provides a comprehensive literature review
* Covers both historical and contemporary approaches
* Organized for ease of use and reference

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0126672601
• ISBN 13: 9780126672602
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 461
• Editor: Sternberg Robert J.