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| Abstract Reasoning | 1 |
| Cognitive Ability | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Concept Formation | 1 |
| Critical Thinking | 1 |
| Intuition | 1 |
| Logical Thinking | 1 |
| Problem Solving | 1 |
| Semantics | 1 |
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| ETC: A Review of General… | 1 |
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| Menefee, Emory | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMenefee, Emory – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1987
Discusses critical thinking as the process of moving fluently among abstraction levels. Defines three components involved in fluency of movement: (1) knowledge, or an awareness of the existence of abstraction levels; (2) payoff, or the reason for acquiring fluency; and (3) timing, or a consciousness of abstraction levels at a given time and place.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
