Individual differences in analytic versus holistic thinking

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-705

  Choi, Incheol ^a   Koo, Minkyung ^b   Choi, Jong An ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic holistic thinking; Cognition; Culture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247606635     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206298568     Document Type: Article

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