Thinking Through Dilemmas

Schemas, Frames, and Difficult Decisions
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-51165-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Sociology

Departing from the sociological dual process model that divides thoughts into automatic and unconscious, or deliberate and conscious occurrences, this book draws on empirical cases to demonstrate the existence of “automatic deliberation.” Through research into the ways in which people address difficult subjects, such as death and dying, pedophilia, and career decision-making, the author sheds light on a mode of thinking which is both habitual and effortful, displaying a combination of habituated understandings and conscious deliberation. Advancing a blended view of cognition by which individuals draw on schemas and frames to think through complex topics, this volume will appeal to sociologists and psychologists with interests in cognition and the ways in which we make decisions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Lawrence H.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Entscheidungsfindung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Patterned Spontaneity of Reasoning 3. The Reflective Management of Desire 4. The Automatic Yet Iterative Use of Schemas 5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence H. Williams is visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Canada.