Studies of Thinking: Selected works of Kenneth Gilhooly (World Library of Psychologists) - Hardcover

Gilhooly, Kenneth J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138848875 ISBN 13: 9781138848870

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2015

Synopsis

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

Kenneth Gilhooly has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of thinking and reasoning. The book covers key works on problem solving, expertise, working memory and thinking, and ageing. A specially written introduction gives an overview of his career and contextualises the selection in relation to changes in the field during this time.

The book enables the reader to trace developments in thinking and reasoning over the last forty years.It will be essential reading students and researchers of cognitive psychology interested in the history of thinking and reasoning.

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About the Author

Kenneth J. Gilhooly is Research Professor of Quantitative Gerontology at Brunel University, UK and Emeritus Professor at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He is former Chair of the Cognitive Section of the BPS and has served on the ESRC Research Grants Board and the ESRC College of Assessors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138848875
• ISBN 13: 9781138848870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288