Psychology of Human Thought / / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Edward E. Smith.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sternberg, Robert J.,; Smith, Edward E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (399 pages)

The "Psychology of Human Thought" is an "open access" collection of peer-reviewed chapters from all areas of higher cognitive processes. The book is intended to be used as a textbook in courses on higher process, complex cognition, human thought, and related courses. Chapters include concept acquisition, knowledge representation, inductive and deductive reasoning, problem solving, metacognition, language, expertise, intelligence, creativity, wisdom, development of thought, affect and thought, and sections about history and about methods. The chapters are written by distinguished scholarly experts in their respective fields, coming from such diverse regions as North America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Israel, and Australia. The level of the chapters is addressed to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students.

Table of Contents

The psychology of human thought: Introduction / Robert J. Sternberg & Joachim Funke -- History of the field of the psychology of human thought / Robert J. Sternberg -- Methods for studying human thought / Arndt Bröder -- Concept: structure and acquisition / Kimery R. Levering & Kenneth J. Kurtz -- Knowledge representation and acquisition / Art Graesser, Anne M. Lippert, & Keith T. Shubeck -- Metacognition: monitoring and controlling one's own knowledge, reasoning and decisions / Klaus Fiedler, Rakefet Ackerman & Chiara Scarampi -- Deductive reasoning / Jonathan St. B.T. Evans -- Inductive reasoning / Janet E. Davidson -- Problem solving / Joachim Funke -- Decision making / Julia Nolte, David Garavito & Valerie Reyna -- Nature of language / Lisa von Stockhausen & Joachim Funke -- Language and thought / Andrea Bender -- Expertise / David Z. Hambrick -- Intelligence / Oliver Wilhelm & Ulrich Schroeders -- Creativity: an overview of 7C's of creative thought / Todd Lubart & Branden Thornhill-MIller -- Wisdom / Judith Glück -- Development of human thought / Kathleen M. Galotti -- Affect and thought: the relationship between feeling and thinking / Joseph Forgas - Culture and thought / Mary Gauvain.