Definition of Thinking Skill

A person has a skill when he is able to do something effectively. Thus, ability can be understood as skill or the willingness to perform an action correctly. If we apply this definition to human reason, we can speak of the ability or abilities of thought, which would be the mental processes that allow us to adapt to reality or the ability to solve problems.

Basic and higher skills

Our mind is capable of developing a intelligence as long as two circumstances occur: a developed brain in a healthy individual and a learning suitable. With these two premises it is possible to activate basic skills and gradually more complex or superior skills.

The fundamental basic skills are the following: the capacity of observation, the identification of information, the distinction between similar and different, etc. Gradually the individual incorporates more sophisticated higher skills, such as elaboration from hypothesis, strategies to solve complex situations, critical approaches or the self appraisal of the individual himself.

Each type of thinking is related to skills

The act of thinking and the abilities associated with each individual depend on various ways of understanding human thought. There is critical, divergent, convergent or creative thinking and each of them is accompanied by a series of skills.

- Critical thinking implies using intelligence autonomously and regardless of the opinions of the social environment.

- Divergent thinking consists of the ability to create alternatives for solving problems.

- Convergent thinking is based on the ability to give the most suitable response in a normalized situation.

- Creative thinking is one that moves away from the ordinary and is capable of developing unusual solutions that are different from the conventional ones.

The different ways of thinking serve as mental strategies, but they can be insufficient if they are not accompanied by a emotional intelligence, that is, the ability to adequately manage personal emotions. A person with emotional intelligence is one who knows how to find the best strategy to resolve a situation.

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