Thinking in Structures

Psychological Monographs on Cognitive Processes, Volume One

Z. P. Dienes, M. A. Jeeves

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Print ISBN:
  9781041353416
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040973905
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
• Index: Psychology

Originally published in 1965 Thinking in Structures, gives a full account of the experiments on the learning and understanding of structures made by the authors at the University of Adelaide. The results challenged some well-established assumptions at the time. According to Sir Frederic Bartlett in his foreword, this research effected a bold new step forward in the investigation of thinking activities and opened up a large field for further progressive investigation. Today it can be read in its historical context.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Experiment
• 3 Discussion of the Problem
• 4 Evaluations and Strategies
• 5 Hypotheses that Subjects could have held
• 6 Educational Implications
• 7 Some Extrapolations and Generalizations
• References
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Appendix C