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Methods of Thought: Individual Differences in Reasoning Strategies book cover

1st Edition

Methods of Thought Individual Differences in Reasoning Strategies

Edited By Elizabeth Newton, Maxwell Roberts Copyright 2005
208 Pages
by Psychology Press

208 Pages
by Psychology Press

208 Pages
by Psychology Press
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How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different reasoning strategies people apply, how these are acquired, how they are selected and how use of these strategies is influenced by individual and task properties. Focusing on empirical data and research into deductive reasoning... Read more
Introduction. Individual Differences in Reasoning Strategies. Patrick Lemaire, Ludovic Fabre, Strategic Aspects of Human Cognition: Implications for Understanding Human Reasoning. Bradley J. Morris, Christian D. Schunn, Rethinking Logical Reasoning Skills from a Strategy Perspective. K.J. Gilhooly, Working Memory and Strategies in Reasoning. Alison Bacon, Simon J. Handley, Stephen E. Newstead, Verbal and Spatial Strategies in Reasoning. Vicky Dierckx, Andre Vandierendonck, Adaptive Strategy Applications in Linear Reasoning. Maxwell J. Roberts, Elizabeth J. Newton, Strategy Usage in a Simple Reasoning Task. Elizabeth J. Newton, Maxwell J. Roberts, The Window of Opportunity: A Model for Strategy Discovery.

Biography

Maxwell J. Roberts is Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Essex.
Elizabeth Newton is Research Fellow in the Department of Human Communication Science, University College London.

'Methods of Thought is a very fine book of its kind. The studies are presented thoroughly and clearly. The references in it to dimensions of the person such as individual differences, experiences, biases, and types of people for me are supportive of further, complementary methodology such as qualitative methods.' - Thomas F. Cloonan, in PsycCRITIQUES, 26th July 2006.

'There is no book on reasoning that deals with individual differences as specifically and in as focused a manner as this one. This volume is a unique contribution to the literature.' - Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto

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