About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 85. Chapters: Absolute thinking, Absolutism, Abstraction, ACT-R, Analogy, Argument map, Assimilation, Autistic thinking, Bohm Dialogue, Bootstrap, Casuistry, Chess, Choice behavior, Cognitive development in thinking, Comprehension, Concepts, Conceptual framework, Conceptual thinking, Concept formation, Construct, Constructive criticism, Convergent and divergent thinking, Creativity techniques, Critical thinking, Dispositional and occurrent belief, Divergent thinking, Educational assessment, Epiphany, Expectations, Framing, Higher order thinking skills, Hypothetical constructs, Ideas, Imagery, Inductive deductive reasoning, Inductive reasoning, Inquiry, Intention, Internal monologue, Introduction to thinking, Introspection, Intrusive thoughts, Lateral thinking, List of belief systems, List of philosophies, List of thought processes, Logical thinking, Magical thinking, Maladaptive daydreaming, Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, Mind-wandering, Mind map, Mythopoeic thought, Non-rapid eye movement, Noology, NREM sleep, Objectivity, Piaget's theory of cognitive development, Plan, Planning, Psychology of chess, Reasoning, Rogerian argument, School of Thinking, Self talk, Spatial-temporal reasoning, Strategies, Train of thought, Visual thinking, Wishful thinking. Excerpt: Absolute thinking is the tendency to think in concrete, black and white terms. "I am absolutely delighted" or "I am absolutely devastated" Where habitually allied to negative thinking it can lead to distortions in perception and information processing that can lead to depression. It may in therapy be regarded as a cognitive bias limiting insight. It reflects a tendency to categorization in thought and may be linked to certain personality traits as authoritarianism Absolutism is a principle that something can exist in a certain way, though it may not be objectively justified. This is the opposite of relativism in every sense. Moral ab...
