Thinking : Directed, Undirected, and Creative

Gilhooly, K. J.

ISBN 10: 0122834852 / ISBN 13: 9780122834851

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking : Directed, Undirected, and Creative
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0122834852
• ISBN 13: 9780122834851
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd.
• Condition: Good

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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.

About the Author

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.