| Operational thinking: Operational thinking in psychology, often associated with Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, refers to a stage in a child's mental growth where they start using logic to manipulate information, as opposed to earlier stages where thinking is more intuitive and based on immediate perceptions. See also stages of development. J. Piaget, Learning, Thinking, Brain development, Information processing, Problem solving._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
