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Title: The Art of Thinking by Allen F. Harrison, Allen E. Harrison, Robert M. Bramson ISBN: 0-425-10568-7 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: To Agree or Not to Agree
Comment: Generally, I agree with the high ratings that other reviewers have given to this book. After I obtained my bachelor's degree in philosophy, I took the end-of-the-book test. My thinking style at that time was primarily an idealist. But after I earned my master's degree in American Studies and took the test again, I was primarily an analyst. Both these test results made sense to me given that my two degrees were separated by six years. This is one of the "hidden" values of the book: that one's "Styles of Thinking" (the original hardcover and, in my opinion, the better title for the book) may change over a period of years.
However, I do not agree that the social scientific basis for the book and the test are well-grounded. The authors give a quite vague description for the validity of their five styles of thinking. And the only basis for the validity of the test is that they have given it to thousands of people. Purportedly, because they intended to write a follow-up book, and they wanted to keep their testing criteria secret at least until the sequel. But keeping the criteria for a test secret is simply poor social science.
Nevertheless, I find the book subjectively useful and still refer to it from time to time. I have also given the test to college students, and most of them identify with the test results. So four stars for usefulness but not five stars because of the lack of documentation.
Rating: 5
Summary: artful thinking
Comment: it's a very useful books and practical. i've started applying and feel pleasure getting to know my thinking style and others as well. you can improve the way you think. useful...
Rating: 5
Summary: Thinking-- a child's play?
Comment: Thinking-- a process we normal people are constantly doing in most of our lifetime. However, have anyone of us thought how do we think? It's an interesting question. Indeed, only very few of us have come across this question. This book have classified most people's styles of thinking into 5 main categories. Nevertheless, the book includes a test to help you identify your preference of thinking. If you do it seriously, you'll eventually find the result very accurate in helping you know more about yourself. Meanwhile you will identify the which classes do the people surrounding you belong to, in order that you will know how to deal with them using the most suitable approach. More importantly, you'll realize your own strengths and liabilities by reading this book. In such a way, you can develop the strengths that you already have and improve your liabilities. Hopefully, life can be a lot better if you can take the suggestions mentioned in the book into practice. Even if you are not preparing to take what this book alleges solemnly, it's still a great fun letting your friends do the test. You'll discover a load of things that you've overlooked! Thinking is a child's play, as well as a Herculean study.
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Title: Soar with Your Strengths by Paula Nelson, Donald O. Clifton ISBN: 044050564X Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 09 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Thinker's Toolkit : 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving by Morgan D. Jones ISBN: 0812928083 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 30 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Coping with Difficult People by Ph.D. Robert M. Bramson ISBN: 0440202019 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Socrates' Way: Seven Master Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost by Ronald Gross, Michael J. Gelb ISBN: 1585421928 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Training Yourself : The 21st Century Credential by Charles D. Hayes ISBN: 0962197939 Publisher: Autodidactic Pr Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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