The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning

by Edited by Keith J. Holyoak , Robert G. Morrison

• ISBN13: 9780521531016
• ISBN10: 0521531012
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-18
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Contributors	xi
Thinking and Reasoning: A Reader's Guide	1	(12)
Keith J. Holyoak
Robert G. Morrison
PART I THE NATURE OF HUMAN CONCEPTS
Similarity	13	(24)
Robert L. Goldstone
Ji Yun Son
Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics	37	(36)
Douglas L. Medin
Lance J. Rips
Approaches to Modeling Human Mental Representations: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why	73	(22)
Leonidas A. A. Doumas
John E. Hummel
PART II REASONING
The Problem of Induction	95	(22)
Steven A. Sloman
David A. Lagnado
Analogy	117	(26)
Keith J. Holyoak
Causal Learning	143	(26)
Marc J. Buehner
Patricia W. Cheng
Deductive Reasoning	169	(16)
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Mental Models and Thought	185	(24)
P. N. Johnson-Laird
Visuospatial Reasoning	209	(34)
Barbara Tversky
PART III JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING
Decision Making	243	(24)
Robyn A. LeBoeuf
Eldar B. Shafir
A Model of Heuristic Judgment	267	(28)
Daniel Kahneman
Shane Frederick
Motivated Thinking	295	(26)
Daniel C. Molden
E. Tory Higgins
PART IV PROBLEM SOLVING AND COMPLEX LEARNING
Problem Solving	321	(30)
Laura R. Novick
Miriam Bassok
Creativity	351	(20)
Robert J. Sternberg
Todd I. Lubart
James C. Kaufman
Jean E. Pretz
Complex Declarative Learning	371	(30)
Michelene T. H. Chi
Stellan Ohlsson
Thinking as a Production System	401	(30)
Marsha C. Lovett
John R. Anderson
Implicit Cognition and Thought	431	(26)
Leib Litman
Arthur S. Reber
PART V COGNITIVE AND NEURAL CONSTRAINTS ON HUMAN THOUGHT
Thinking in Working Memory	457	(18)
Robert G. Morrison
Cognitive Neuroscience of Deductive Reasoning	475	(18)
Vinod Goel
Cognitive and Neuroscience Aspects of Thought Disorder	493	(36)
Peter Bachman
Tyrone D. Cannon
PART VI ONTOGENY, PHYLOGENY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE
Development of Thinking	529	(30)
Graeme S. Halford
Mathematical Cognition	559	(30)
C. R. Gallistel
Rochel Gelman
Effects of Aging on Reasoning	589	(18)
Timothy A. Salthouse
Reasoning and Thinking in Nonhuman Primates	607	(26)
Josep Call
Michael Tomasello
Language and Thought	633	(30)
Lila Gleitman
Anna Papafragou
Paradigms of Cultural Thought	663	(22)
Patricia M. Greenfield
PART VII THINKING IN PRACTICE
Legal Reasoning	685	(20)
Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Scientific Thinking and Reasoning	705	(22)
Kevin Dunbar
Jonathan Fugelsang
Thinking and Reasoning in Medicine	727	(24)
Vimla L. Patel
Jose F. Arocha
Jiajie Zhang
Intelligence	751	(24)
Robert J. Sternberg
Learning to Think: The Challenges of Teaching Thinking	775	(28)
Ron Ritchhart
David N. Perkins
Index	803