Human thinking is a mysterious thing, so psychologists try in every way to classify it and standardize it, highlighting several of its varieties. But often among the types of thinking are particularly distinguished abstract-logical. Such attention is due to the fact that it is this type of thinking that helps to find non-standard solutions, increasing the person's adaptability to changing conditions.
Forms of abstract-logical thinking
A feature of this type of thinking is the presence of several forms of manifestation. This includes:
- a concept is a characteristic of an object or group of objects on an essential basis (for example, "snow", "ballet dancer");
- judgment - a phrase describing the interconnection of any objects or phenomena (autumn came, leaffall began);
- Inference is the result of the previous form, an attempt to draw conclusions from complex judgments.
That is, the development of logical abstract thinking requires the ability to freely operate with all these three forms.
The development of abstract-logical thinking
It should be noted that people are not born with the ability to think logically, this ability appears due to the development of the human personality . Therefore, logical abstract thinking can and should be trained. For this, you need only 30 minutes of time twice a week to devote to solving logical problems. Although you can train your mind constantly, we all read the news, so who prevents us from trying to see all the cause-effect relationships, assess the situation from all sides? At first it will not be easy, but as it improves, it will be easier. But it is worth remembering that abstract-logical thinking is not the last of the species, psychologists do not tire of stressing, the need for constant development and self-improvement.