Children Solving Problems

What Thornton finds may come as a surprise: successful problem-solving depends less on how smart we are--or, as the pioneering psychologist Jean Piaget claimed, how advanced our skill in logical reasoning is--and more on the factual knowledge we acquire as we learn and interpret cues from the world around us.

About the author

Stephanie Thornton

Summary

Thornton surveys research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore why successful problem-solving depends less on how smart we are—or, as the pioneering psychologist Jean Piaget claimed, how advanced is our skill in logical reasoning—and more on the factual knowledge we acquire as we learn and interpret cues from the world around us.

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Thornton, Thornton Stephanie
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.1998
• EAN: 9780674116245
• ISBN: 978-0-674-11624-5
• Weight: 181 g
• Illustrations: 26 line illustrations
• Series: Developing Child (Paperback); The Developing Child
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology