The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning (Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology)

Written by foremost authorities from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, the chapters of this reference summarize basic concepts and facts of a major topic, sketch its history, and analyze the progress its research is currently making. The volume also includes work related to developmental, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine. The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning comprises the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook for all core topics within the fields of thinking and reasoning. The Cambridge Handbook Of Thinking And Reasoning Is The First Comprehensive And Authoritative Handbook Covering All The Core Topics Of The Field Of Thinking And Reasoning. Written By The Foremost Experts From Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, And Cognitive Neuroscience, Individual Chapters Summarize Basic Concepts And Findings For A Major Topic, Sketch Its History, And Give A Sense Of The Directions In Which Research Is Currently Heading.--jacket. Thinking And Reasoning: A Reader's Guide / Keith J. Holyoak, Robert G. Morrison -- Similarity / Robert L. Goldstone, Ji Yun Son -- Concepts And Categories: Memory, Meaning, And Metaphysics / Douglas L. Medin, Lance J. Rips -- Approaches To Modeling Human Mental Representations: What Works, What Doesn't And Why / Leonidas A.a. Doumas, John E. Hummel -- The Problem Of Induction / Steven A. Sloman, David A. Lagnado -- Analogy / Keith J. Holyoak -- Causal Learning / Marc J. Buehner, Patricia W. Cheng -- Deductive Reasoning / Jonathan St. B.t. Evans -- Mental Models And Thought / P.n. Johnson-laird -- Visuospatial Reasoning / Barbara Tversky -- Decision Making / Robyn A. Leboeuf, Eldar Shafir -- Model Of Heuristic Judgment / Daniel Kahneman, Shane Frederick -- Motivated Thinking / Daniel C. Molden, E. Tory Higgins -- Problem Solving / Laura R. Novick, Miriam Bassok -- Creativity / Robert J. Sternberg, Todd I. Lubart, James C. Kaufman, Jean E. Pretz -- Complex Declarative Learning / Michelene T.h. Chi, Stellan Ohlsson -- Thinking As A Production System / Marsha C. Lovett, John R. Anderson. Implicit Cognition And Thought / Leib Litman, Arthur S. Reber -- Thinking In Working Memory / Robert G. Morrison -- Cognitive Neuroscience Of Deductive Reasoning / Vinod Goel -- Cognitive And Neuroscience Aspects Of Thought Disorder / Peter Bachman, Tyrone D. Cannon -- Development Of Thinking / Graeme S. Halford -- Mathematical Cognition / C.r. Gallistel, Rochel Gelman -- Effects Of Aging On Reasoning / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Reasoning And Thinking In Nonhuman Primates / Josep Call, Michael Tomasello -- Language And Thought / Lila Gleitman, Anna Papafragou -- Paradigms Of Cultural Thought / Patricia M. Greenfield -- Legal Reasoning / Phoebe C. Ellsworth -- Scientific Thinking And Reasoning / Kevin Dunbar, Jonathan Fugelsang -- Thinking And Reasoning In Medicine / Vimla L. Patel, Jose F. Arocha, Jiajie Zhang -- Intelligence / Robert J. Sternberg -- Learning To Think: The Challenges Of Teaching Thinking / Ron Ritchhart, David N. Perkins. Edited By Keith J. Holyoak And Robert G. Morrison. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook covering all the core topics of the field of thinking and reasoning. Written by the foremost experts from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, individual chapters summarize basic concepts and findings for a major topic, sketch its history, and give a sense of the directions in which research is currently heading. The volume also includes work related to developmental, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine. Scholars and students in all these fields and others will find this to be a valuable collection. This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook of all the core topics of the field of thinking and reasoning. Chapters focus on research from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience and also include work related to philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine