Thinking and Reasoning

Author:   Alan Garnham (University of Sussex) ,  Jane Oakhill (University of Sussex)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9780631170037


Pages:   416
Publication Date:   18 April 1994
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Alan Garnham (University of Sussex) ,  Jane Oakhill (University of Sussex)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780631170037


ISBN 10:   0631170030
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   18 April 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Historical Background. 2. The Building Blocks of Thought. 3. Language and Thought. 4. Logic. 5. Deductive Reasoning. 6. Syllogistic Reasoning. 7. Induction. 8. Hypothesis Testing. 9. Statistical Reasoning. 10. Decision Making. 11. Problem Solving. 12. Game Playing and Expertise. 13. Creativity. 14. Everyday Reasoning. 15. Teaching Thinking. 16. The Development of Thinking: Piagetian and Information-Processing Approaches. 17. The Development of Thinking: Scientific and Conceptual Thought. 18. A Framework for the Study of Thinking. References. Name Index. Subject Index.

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The strength of Thinking and Reasoning is its comprehensiveness. It covers not only the most important topics, from categorisation and reasoning to decision making and problem solving, but also other major perspectives on thinking such as expertise and developmental issues. The book also examines more recent topics, such as teaching thinking and creativity, which are not to be found in older textbooks. In general this is an excellent text: readable, comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date. I would be surprised if this did not become the major undergraduate text in the area for several years to come. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology An outstanding work, which should be recognized both in the UK and the USA as the best introduction to the psychology of thinking. It is comprehensive and lucidly written - an impressive book. Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Princeton University Garnham and Oakhill present their book under the guise of an objective text for 'intermediate and advanced undergraduate students'. It is, however, delightfully informative and charmingly opinionated. It should be read by upper-division under-graduate and graduate students, faculty, and researchers, as well as two-year technical program students. P. L. Derks, College of William and Mary


"The strength of Thinking and Reasoning is its comprehensiveness. It covers not only the most important topics, from categorisation and reasoning to decision making and problem solving, but also other major perspectives on thinking such as expertise and developmental issues. The book also examines more recent topics, such as teaching thinking and creativity, which are not to be found in older textbooks. In general this is an excellent text: readable, comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date. I would be surprised if this did not become the major undergraduate text in the area for several years to come." European Journal of Cognitive Psychology "An outstanding work, which should be recognized both in the UK and the USA as the best introduction to the psychology of thinking. It is comprehensive and lucidly written - an impressive book." Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Princeton University "Garnham and Oakhill present their book under the guise of an objective text for 'intermediate and advanced undergraduate students'. It is, however, delightfully informative and charmingly opinionated. It should be read by upper-division under-graduate and graduate students, faculty, and researchers, as well as two-year technical program students." P. L. Derks, College of William and Mary


The strength of Thinking and Reasoning is its comprehensiveness. It covers not only the most important topics, from categorisation and reasoning to decision making and problem solving, but also other major perspectives on thinking such as expertise and developmental issues. The book also examines more recent topics, such as teaching thinking and creativity, which are not to be found in older textbooks. In general this is an excellent text: readable, comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date. I would be surprised if this did not become the major undergraduate text in the area for several years to come. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology An outstanding work, which should be recognized both in the UK and the USA as the best introduction to the psychology of thinking. It is comprehensive and lucidly written - an impressive book. Professor P. N. Johnson-Laird, Princeton University Garnham and Oakhill present their book under the guise of an objective text for 'intermediate and advanced undergraduate students'. It is, however, delightfully informative and charmingly opinionated. It should be read by upper-division under-graduate and graduate students, faculty, and researchers, as well as two-year technical program students. P. L. Derks, College of William and Mary


Author Information

Alan Garnham obtained B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy, Oxford, 1977. DPhil Experimental Psychology, Sussex, 1981. Research Fellow, Sussex, 1981-1983. Faculty, Reading, 1983-1985.

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