The Psychology of Human Thought

The "Psychology of Human Thought" is an "open access" collection of peer-reviewed

chapters from all areas of higher cognitive processes. The book is intended to be

used as a textbook in courses on higher process, complex cognition, human thought,

and related courses. Chapters include concept acquisition, knowledge representation,

inductive and deductive reasoning, problem solving, metacognition, language,

expertise, intelligence, creativity, wisdom, development of thought, affect and

thought, and sections about history and about methods. The chapters are written by

distinguished scholarly experts in their respective fields, coming from such diverse

regions as North America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Norway, Israel, and

Australia. The level of the chapters is addressed to advanced undergraduates and

beginning graduate students.