Abstract: | This brief note serves as an introduction to 4 papers originally presented at the 1961 Western Psychological Association meeting: W. E. Vinacke's The complexities of thinking (see 37: 7621); Irving Maltzman's Motivation and the direction of thinking (see 37: 7617) Ronald C. Johnson's Linguistic structure as related to concept formation and to concept content (see 37: 7626); and Ernest R. Hilgard's Impulsive versus realistic thinking: An examination of the distinction between primary and secondary processes in thought (see 37: 7616). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |