Integrative thinking is the key: An evaluation of current research into the development of adult thinking

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 785-801

  Kallio, Eeva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

adult development; development of thinking; epistemic understanding; integrative thinking; post formal thinking; relativistic dialectical thinking; theoretical analysis; wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655189212     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354310388344     Document Type: Article

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