The development of logic in adulthood : postformal thought and its applications /
The thesis of The Development of Logic in Adulthood is expressed in the author's phrase "logic of wisdom." This quality, Jan Sinnott argues, is the result of a maturing process in an individual's thinking, the refinement of decision making and interaction with others that develop...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1998]
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| Series: | Plenum series in adult development and aging.
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Table of Contents:
- Creation of a theory and the purpose of this book
- Limits of traditional approaches for understanding adult logical development
- What characterizes postformal thought?
- Development of postformal thought
- New physics models underlying postformal thought
- General systems theory underlies postformal thought
- Chaos, complexity, self-regulating systems, and postformal thought
- Initial research : how do adults use logical thought?
- Interview and thinking aloud studies : a view of process
- Age differences in processes
- Emotion, intention, health, goal clarity, and other factors in postformal thought
- Digging deeper : a case study and suggestions for studying special subsamples
- Applications of the theory of postformal thought to education
- Reinventing the university to foster and serve postformal thinkers
- Postformal thought and multiperson groups : the workplace
- Postformal thought in multiperson groups : couples and families
- Development and yearning : postformal thought and spirituality
- Postformal thought, creativity, and creating the "self"
- Healing minds, bodies, nations, and the planet : the value of postformal thought
- Some uses of postformal thought in humanistic psychology
- Can we teach adults to use complex postformal thought?
- Postformal thought and living in balance
- Measure of postformal thought and coding and scoring guidelines
- The Narings Liv project at the Institute for Noetic Sciences
- Some readings in existential, humanistic, and transpersonal psychology and in mind-body medicine.