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]
©1979
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • PROBLEMS OF COGNITIVE STYLES
  • Chapter 1 Cognitive Styles
  • Chapter 2 Methodology
  • TESTS OF COGNITIVE STYLES
  • Chapter 3 Legalism
  • Chapter 4 Intolerance of Ambiguity
  • Chapter 5 Authoritarianism
  • Chapter 6 Opportunism
  • COROLLARY TESTS AND ANALYSES
  • Chapter 7 Anxiety
  • Chapter 8 Cognitive Self-image
  • Chapter 9 Problem Solving
  • Chapter 10 Differences among Law Schools
  • Chapter 11 Cognitive Styles of Law Professors
  • CATEGORIES, CONSEQUENCES, AND CONCLUSIONS
  • Chapter 12 Categories of Cognitive Styles
  • Chapter 13 Other Variables and Cognitive Styles
  • Chapter 14 Conclusions
  • Appendix 1 Research Questionnaire
  • Appendix 2 Oral Solution of Verbal Problems
  • Appendix 3 Authorization Statement A
  • Appendix 4 Authorization Statement B
  • Bibliography
  • Index