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Levels of Cognitive Complexity

An Approach to the Measurement of Thinking

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Ernest McDaniel

    1. Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

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  2. Chris Lawrence

    1. Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

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Part of the book series: Recent Research in Psychology (PSYCHOLOGY)

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Approaches to Studying Reasoning

    • Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence
    Pages 1-9

  3. Thinking as Levels of Cognitive Complexity

    • Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence
    Pages 10-18

  4. Interpretive Exercises and The Scoring Rationale for Evaluating Levels of Thinking

    • Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence
    Pages 19-27

  5. Empirical Studies

    • Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence
    Pages 28-49

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 50-97
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About this book

This research monograph describes a new approach to the measurement of thinking processes. The author begins with a discussion of the logic of thought versus the psychology of thinking. Traditionally, thinking has been defined in terms of the logical thought processes which lead to warranted conclusions. The psychological processes, on the other hand, involve the individual's perceptions, intentions and information-processing strategies. Traditional logical approaches appear to be most suitable for analysis of thinking in "formal" highly structured problem situations. Current tests of critical thinking reflect the "logical" approaches to measuring thinking; two tests of this type are evaluated by the author. The authors define the information-processing approach to measurement of thinking, which emphasizes the way situational information is perceived, selected, organized and interpreted. Using this approach, the authors have developed two interpretive exercises, The Holocaust and The Bomb Factories. The results of a number of studies conducted with these exercises are presented, and future work is projected.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

    Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Levels of Cognitive Complexity

  • Book Subtitle: An Approach to the Measurement of Thinking

  • Editors: Ernest McDaniel, Chris Lawrence

  • Series Title: Recent Research in Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3420-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97301-2Published: 13 July 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-3420-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7532

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 97

  • Topics: Cognitive Psychology

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