Adaptive Decision Making and Intellectual Styles

This exciting publication provides the reader with a theoretical and practical approach to adaptive decision making, based on an appreciation of cognitive styles, in a cross-cultural context. The aim of this Brief is to describe the role of thinking-through different options as part of the decision-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sofo, Francesco. author (author), Colapinto, Cinzia. author, Sofo, Michelle. author, Ammirato, Salvatore. author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Psychology, 13
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009762731806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""1.7.2 Compulsory Schooling: Exceptional Students (Gifted, Talented, and Special)""""1.7.3 Higher Education""; ""1.7.4 Decision Making in Vocational Education""; ""1.7.5 Health and Medical Education""; ""1.7.6 Decision Making and Learning in the Workplace""; ""1.8 Summary""; ""References""; ""2 Critical Thinking and Intellectual Style""; ""2.1 Review of the Decision-Making Literature""; ""2.1.1 Types of Decisions""; ""2.1.2 Factors Influencing Our Decision-Making Processes""; ""2.1.3 Fairness and Learning""; ""2.1.4 Context and Individual Capacity""
  • ""2.1.5 Emotion, Time Pressures, and Complex Situations""""2.1.6 Self-Reflection and Unconscious Processing""; ""2.1.7 Experience""; ""2.2 The Role of Critical Thinking""; ""2.2.1 Definition""; ""2.2.2 The Role of Critical Thinking in Effective Decision Making""; ""2.3 Overview of Intellectual Styles""; ""2.3.1 Definition""; ""2.3.2 Theories of Intellectual Style""; ""2.3.3 Theory of Mental Self-Government""; ""2.3.4 Theory of Reality Construction""; ""2.3.5 LinearNonlinear Thinking""; ""2.3.6 Empirical Inventories and Questionnaires""; ""2.3.7 LinearNonlinear Thinking Style Profile""
  • ""2.3.8 Thinking Style Inventory""""2.3.9 Other Available Instruments""; ""2.3.10 Factors Impacting Upon, or Emerging from, Intellectual Style""; ""2.3.11 Similarities Despite Individual Difference""; ""2.3.12 Context""; ""2.3.13 Emotions and Emotional Competence""; ""2.3.14 Freedom""; ""2.3.15 Culture""; ""2.4 Synthesis of the Three Constructs""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""3 Analytical Exploration of Intellectual Style and Critical Thinking""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Intellectual Styles and the Theory of Reality Construction""
  • ""3.3 Thinking Styles Profiles in the Web 2.0 Age""