The Oxford handbook of thinking and reasoning / edited by Keith J. Holyoak, Robert G. Morrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holyoak, Keith James, 1950-

Morrison, Robert G., 1966-

Series:

Oxford library of psychology

Oxford Library of Psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking.

Reasoning (Psychology).

Physical Description:

xix, 836 pages. 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date reviews of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned chapters from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates, as well as a foundation for future research: Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Book jacket.

Contents:

Thinking and reasoning: a reader's guide / Keith J. Holyoak and Robert G. Morrison

General approaches to thinking and reasoning

Normative systems : logic, probability, and rational choice / Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford

Bayesian inference / Tom Griffiths, Josh Tenenbaum, and Charles Kemp

Knowledge representation / Arthur B. Markman

Computational modeling of higher cognition / Leonidas A. A. Doumas and John E. Hummel

Neural substrate of thinking / Robert G. Morrison and Barbara Knowlton

Mental function as genetic expression : emerging insights from cognitive neurogenetics / Adam E. Green and Kevin N. Dunbar

Deductive, inductive and abductive reasoning

Dual-process theories of reasoning : facts and fallacies / Jonathan St. B. T. Evans

Inference in mental models / P. N. Johnson-Laird

Similarity / Robert L. Goldstone, Ji Yun Son

Concepts and categories : memory, meaning, and metaphysics / Lance J. Rips, Edward E. Smith, and Douglas L. Medin

Causal learning and inference / Marc Buehner and Patricia W. Cheng

Analogy and relational reasoning / Keith J. Holyoak

Explanation and abductive inference / Tania Lombrozo

Rational argument / Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford

Judgment and decision making

Decision making / Robyn A. LeBoeuf, Eldar Shafir

Judgment heuristics / Dale Griffin

Cognitive hierarchies and emotions in behavioral game theory / Colin Camerer and Alec Smith

Moral judgment / Michael Waldmann, Jonas Nagel, and Alex Wiegmann

Motivated thinking / Daniel C. Molden and E. Tory Higgins

Problem solving, intelligence, and creative thinking

Problem solving / Miriam Bassok and Laura R. Novick

On the distinction between rationality and intelligence : implications for understanding individual differences in reasoning / Keith E. Stanovich

Cognition and the creation of ideas / Steve M. Smith and Tom B. Ward

Insight / J. Jason van Steenburgh, Jessica I. Fleck, Mark Beeman, and John Kounios

Genius / Dean Keith Simonton

Ontogeny, phylogeny, language and culture

Development of thinking in children / Susan A. Gelman and Brandy N. Frazier

The human enigma / Derek Penn and Dan Povinelli

Language and thought / Lila Gleitman, Anna Papafragou

Thinking in society and culture / Tage Rai

Modes of thinking

Mathematical cognition / John Opfer and Robert Siegler

Visuospatial thinking / Mary Hegarty and Andrew T. Stull

Gesture in thought / Susan Goldin-Meadow and Susan Wagner Cook

Impact of aging on thinking / Shannon McGillivray, Michael C. Friedman, and Alan D. Castel

The cognitive neuroscience of thought disorder in schizophrenia / Peter Bachman and Tyrone D. Cannon

Thinking in practice

Scientific thinking and reasoning / Kevin N. Dunbar and David Klahr

Legal reasoning / Barbara A. Spellman and Fred Schauer

Thinking and reasoning in medicine / Vimla L. Patel, Jose F. Arocha, and Jiajie Zhang

Thinking in business / Jeffrey Lowenstein

Musical thought / William Forde Thompson and Paolo Ammirante

Learning to think: cognitive mechanisms of knowledge transfer / Ken Koedinger, Ido Roll.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0199313792

9780199734689

0199734682

OCLC:

823473413

Publisher Number:

99957468782