Cognitive Styles in Law Schools / / Alfred G. Smith, Lynn H. Pulford, Patrick A. Nester.

People differ in their cognitive styles—their ways of getting and using information to solve problems and make decisions. Alfred G. Smith and his associates studied these differences in a selected group of over 800 students at a score of law schools throughout the United States. Two major cognitive...

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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Tables --   |t Figures --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t PROBLEMS OF COGNITIVE STYLES --   |t Chapter 1 Cognitive Styles --   |t Chapter 2 Methodology --   |t TESTS OF COGNITIVE STYLES --   |t Chapter 3 Legalism --   |t Chapter 4 Intolerance of Ambiguity --   |t Chapter 5 Authoritarianism --   |t Chapter 6 Opportunism --   |t COROLLARY TESTS AND ANALYSES --   |t Chapter 7 Anxiety --   |t Chapter 8 Cognitive Self-image --   |t Chapter 9 Problem Solving --   |t Chapter 10 Differences among Law Schools --   |t Chapter 11 Cognitive Styles of Law Professors --   |t CATEGORIES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONCLUSIONS --   |t Chapter 12 Categories of Cognitive Styles --   |t Chapter 13 Other Variables and Cognitive Styles --   |t Chapter 14 Conclusions --   |t Appendix 1 Research Questionnaire --   |t Appendix 2 Oral Solution of Verbal Problems --   |t Appendix 3 Authorization Statement A --   |t Appendix 4 Authorization Statement B --   |t Bibliography --   |t Index 
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520 |a People differ in their cognitive styles—their ways of getting and using information to solve problems and make decisions. Alfred G. Smith and his associates studied these differences in a selected group of over 800 students at a score of law schools throughout the United States. Two major cognitive styles were identified: that of the monopath, who follows a single route of established principles and procedures, and that of the polypath, who takes many routes, as circumstances suggest. A battery of both original and standard tests was administered to both law students and their professors to investigate differences in cognitive style and their relationships to self-image, anxiety, and academic achievement. This also revealed differences in prevailing styles at different schools. The results will be of special interest to readers concerned with legal education, to psychologists, and to behavioral scientists. The research format developed here will serve equally well for raising significant questions about the professions of medicine, education, social work, and others in which cognitive and communication styles play a central role in determining outcomes. 
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