Thought and Choice in Chess
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Thought and Choice in Chess

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Thought and Choice in Chess

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9789027979148
eBook ISBN
9783110800647
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  3. LIST OF TABLES
  4. I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
  5. A. Introduction
  6. 1. The literature of chess
  7. 2. Bine’s study
  8. 3. The question of chess talent
  9. B. The object of this study
  10. 4. The analysis of chess thinking
  11. 5. Organization of the book
  12. C. The choice-of-move-problem
  13. 6. The variability of the problem
  14. 7. The legal freedom of choice (K)
  15. 8. Objective freedom of choice
  16. D. The proof schema for an objectively solvable position: Move W1 is the best
  17. 9. The two part structure of the proof schema
  18. 10. The significance of the schema for the thought process
  19. II. PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF THINKING
  20. A. Associationism and counter movements
  21. 11. The main traits of classical association theory
  22. 12. Relations are not reducible to images
  23. 13. Reproductions are not associative
  24. 14. ‘Atomism’ is not heuristically fertile
  25. 75. Associative models fail for directed thought
  26. 16. The subject carries out operations
  27. B. The main features of the theory of Selz
  28. 17. Otto Selz and his conceptual model of directed thought
  29. 18. General linkings and the schematic anticipation
  30. 19. The most general solving methods
  31. 20. Combination and linking of solving methods
  32. 21. Phase structure
  33. III. METHOD AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
  34. A. Discussion of method
  35. 22. Methods used by other investigators
  36. 23. Pros and cons of ‘thinking aloud’
  37. 24. Experimental versus real play situation
  38. B. Description of the experiments
  39. 25. Subjects
  40. 26. Chess positions
  41. 27. Place and time
  42. 28. Instructions and experimental conditions
  43. VI. THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS
  44. 29. Introduction to the analytical part
  45. A. The external phase structure
  46. 30. The protocol ( M2; B)
  47. 31. The first Phase
  48. 32. Alternation of elaborative phases
  49. 33. ‘Cumulative’ and ‘subsidiary’ linking
  50. 34. Transitional phases
  51. B. Protocol statistics
  52. 35. General protocol measures
  53. 36. Statistics of solving propositions
  54. V. MAIN AND SUBPROBLEMS
  55. A. The systematic analysis of the problem structure
  56. 37. Interpretation of the elements of a protocol
  57. 38. Problem and goal-setting
  58. 39. The general problem structure of the process of chess thought
  59. B. Typical subproblems in the thought process
  60. 40. Subproblems in the position investigation (first Phase)
  61. 41. Goals and problem formulations in the main part (in the investigation of possibilities)
  62. 42. Re-investigation of specific possibilities
  63. 43. The convergence to and the recapitulation of the argument (final Phase)
  64. VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROBLEM
  65. 44. The solution process as development of the problem
  66. 45. Problem formation during the first Phase
  67. 46. The completion and enrichment of the total goal conception after the first Phase
  68. 47. Structural transformations in the argumentation
  69. 48. Transitional phases as phases of problem transformation
  70. 49. Types and examples of problem development
  71. VII. THE ORGANIZATION AND METHODOLOGY OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS
  72. A. The sequence of phases
  73. 50. The principle of interaction
  74. 51. The hierarchy of subsidiary methods
  75. 52. The method ofprogressive deepening and the scrapping of a possibility
  76. 53. The elaborative phases and their sequence
  77. B. The methods of chess thinking
  78. 54. The most important methods as typical problem transformations
  79. 55. Methods peculiar to specific parts of the thought process
  80. 56. Trying out as a general method
  81. 57. Playing methods: the arsenal of the chess master
  82. 58. Reproductive factors in productive thinking: Knowledge and Experience
  83. 59. Individual differences in the system of methods
  84. VIII. CHESS TALENT
  85. 60. Mastership
  86. 61. The first seconds: the perception of a new position
  87. 62. Specific traits of chess thinking
  88. 63. The character of game and player
  89. 64. The development of chess talent
  90. 65. Factors of chess talent
  91. 66. Extracurricular achievements of chessmasters
  92. XI. EPILOGUE 1963
  93. 67. The use of introspective methods
  94. 68. On introspective techniques
  95. 69. Ambiguity and multifunctional operations
  96. 70. Remarks on chess playing programs
  97. APPENDIX I: THE GAMES FROM WHICH POSITIONS A, B, AND C WERE TAKEN
  98. APPENDIX II: COLLECTION OF PROTOCOLS
  99. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  100. A. Chess literature
  101. B. Psychological literature
  102. INDEX OF SUBJECTS
  103. INDEX OF NAMES