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Thought in action : expertise and the conscious mind /

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After exploring some of the contemporary and historical manifestations of the idea that highly accomplished skills are automatic and effortless, the author develops a theory of expertise that emphasizes the role of the conscious mind in expert action. Along the way, she dispels various mythical acco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montero, Barbara Gail (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
Subjects:
Thought and thinking.
Performance.
Consciousness.
Performance anxiety.
Performance technology.
Thinking
Task Performance and Analysis
Consciousness
Performance Anxiety
Pensée.
Rendement au travail.
Conscience.
Anxiété de performance.
thinking.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Performance
Performance anxiety
Thought and thinking
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments. Introduction: what can a philosopher tell you about expertise?
  • "Don't think, dear; just do" and other manifestations of the just-do-it principle
  • Just-do-it versus cognition-in-action
  • What is an expert?
  • Does thinking interfere with doing?
  • Thinking fast
  • Continuous improvement
  • You can't try too hard
  • Effortlessness with effort
  • The pleasure of movement and the awareness of the self
  • The aesthetic experience of expert movement
  • Intuition, rationality, and chess expertise
  • Sex, drugs, rock and roll, and the meaning of life. Bibliography
  • Index.