Benjamin Bloom developed a classification of thinking skills that is still helpful today; it is known as Bloom’s taxonomy. Bloom lists six types of thinking skills, ranked in order of complexity: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The three types are: photo-realistic visual thinking, pattern mathematical thinking, and verbal/auditory thinking.
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What are the six types of thought?
In the 1950s, Benjamin Bloom developed a classification of thinking skills that is still helpful today; it is known as Bloom’s taxonomy. He lists six types of thinking skills, ranked in order of complexity: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Different kinds of minds rely on different kinds of thinking. The three types are: photo-realistic visual thinking, pattern mathematical thinking, and verbal/auditory thinking. The key critical thinking skills are: analysis, interpretation, inference, explanation, self-regulation, open-mindedness, and problem-solving. Critical thinking is a higher order, well-disciplined thought process, which involves the use of cognitive skills like conceptualization, interpretation, analysis, synthesis and evaluation for arriving at a valid, unbiased judgment.
What are the four units of thought?
Images, muscular responses, concepts, and language or symbol are the basic units of thought. The three basic units of thoughts are symbols, concepts, and prototypes. Symbols represent the things we’re thinking about. The processes of thought depend on several devices, or units of thought: images, symbols, concepts, prototypes, and rules. The following graphic excerpted from the Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools [2] illustrates the Eight Elements of Thought. The ability to apply each of the eight elements is enhanced by subscribing to each of the nine Intellectual Standards.