Education and the psychology of thinking / by Percival M. Symonds.
"This book has grown out of a desire to satisfy my curiosity about the nature of the thinking process. Psychological discussions about the nature of thinking are rare and those which exist are somewhat meager; books on logic have as their function the description of relationships between concep...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc.,
1936.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "This book has grown out of a desire to satisfy my curiosity about the nature of the thinking process. Psychological discussions about the nature of thinking are rare and those which exist are somewhat meager; books on logic have as their function the description of relationships between concepts, propositions, and inferences, and the treatment of the mental processes involved in thinking is outside their province. My publishers insisted that this report would gain in value to its readers if I could review recent experimental work on the thinking process, and also make more applications for educational practice. Accordingly I have gone very carefully and thoroughly over the experimental literature in psychology produced during the past years which deals with all phases of the thinking process. These findings have been incorporated throughout the manuscript wherever they belong. I have been gratified to find that almost without exception the experimental findings have harmonized with my own observations and interpretations. In addition to this I have drawn on my familiarity with the psychology of the school subjects to introduce illustrations of the application of various thought processes to school learning"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |