The Development of Logic in Adulthood: Postformal Thought and Its Applications

by Jan D. Sinnott

Book Overview

In this book Jan D. Sinnott synthesizes her 20 years of research on lifespan cognitive development to describe the growth of complex (or 'postformal') thought in adults. She shows specifically how adults improve mentally over a lifetime and learn to think in more complex and wiser ways. Applications of postformal thought are demonstrated in such diverse areas as - family relations - adult education - personal identity - and spirituality. Chapters...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306457237
• ISBN13: 9780306457234
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"