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RAISONNEMENT CONVERGENT [1 record]

Record 1 2021-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

... the ability to give the "correct" answer to standard questions that do not require significant creativity ...

OBS

... for instance in most tasks in school and on standardized multiple-choice tests for intelligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Psychologie scolaire
CONT

La pensée convergente est […] la capacité à donner la réponse «correcte» à des questions standardisées qui ne requiert pas de créativité particulière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Psicología educacional
CONT

El razonamiento convergente se utiliza en pruebas que sean objetivas o las llamadas pruebas de inteligencia. Sigue el camino de la lógica convencional. Por eso, también se denomina pensamiento lógico, convencional, racional o vertical.

OBS

No se centra en las posibilidades o la creatividad, sino en llegar a la solución más adecuada de manera rápida, lógica y precisa, utilizando para ello toda la información posible.

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