Thinking and Problem Solving
Published on 15. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-1-85433-049-9 (ISBN)
Description
Open Learning Units offer a very flexible approach to the teaching of psychology. They are designed to be more than sufficient for the purposes of A/S and A-Level psychology, and the applied emphasis will appeal to various vocational courses such as those offered by BTEC and also to mature students on Access courses.
Their primary use will be in the classroom with a tutor's guidance, but the interactive style makes them equally appropriate for the purposes of self-study. More advanced students might want to use the Units to learn at their own pace, and in all cases, the careful structure of the writing and the extensive use of Examples, Open Questions and Self-Assessment Questions make them ideal revision guides.
Their primary use will be in the classroom with a tutor's guidance, but the interactive style makes them equally appropriate for the purposes of self-study. More advanced students might want to use the Units to learn at their own pace, and in all cases, the careful structure of the writing and the extensive use of Examples, Open Questions and Self-Assessment Questions make them ideal revision guides.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 269 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85433-049-9 (9781854330499)
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Persons
Phil Banyard and Nicky Hayes are the authors of Thinking and Problem Solving , published by Wiley.
Content
Part 1: Defining Thinking. Thinking as association.
Thinking as a response to biological demands.
Thinking as adaptation to the environment.
Thinking as cognitive restructuring.
Thinking as a resolving discrepancies.
Part 2: Reasoning.
Insight learning.
Cognitive style.
Human reasoning.
Decision making.
Part 3: Representation.
Concept formation.
Schemas.
Scripts.
Cognitive maps.
Part 4: The Development of Representation.
Modes of representation.
Representation and revision strategies.
Development of schemata.
Part 5: Problem Solving.
Trail-and-error learning.
Learning sets.
Lateral thinking.
Brainstorming.
Part 6: Computer Modelling.
Computer simulation.
Artificial Intelligence.
Assignments.
Further Reading.
References.
Glossary.
Answers to Self-Assessment Questions.
Thinking as a response to biological demands.
Thinking as adaptation to the environment.
Thinking as cognitive restructuring.
Thinking as a resolving discrepancies.
Part 2: Reasoning.
Insight learning.
Cognitive style.
Human reasoning.
Decision making.
Part 3: Representation.
Concept formation.
Schemas.
Scripts.
Cognitive maps.
Part 4: The Development of Representation.
Modes of representation.
Representation and revision strategies.
Development of schemata.
Part 5: Problem Solving.
Trail-and-error learning.
Learning sets.
Lateral thinking.
Brainstorming.
Part 6: Computer Modelling.
Computer simulation.
Artificial Intelligence.
Assignments.
Further Reading.
References.
Glossary.
Answers to Self-Assessment Questions.