The present study examined the divergent thinking (DT) processes of four-year-old children, as part a longitudinal project that investigates development DT in children. Following similar approach used with adults, children were encouraged to report on their through interactive dialogues while performing widely task, Alternative Uses Task (AUT). Content analysis children’s utterances revealed ge...

The systems thinking literature assumes that the concept of a system is useful in management and organizational research. Ralph D. Stacey and his collaborators, however, have questioned this. They have presented the theory of complex responsive processes (CRP) as an alternative to systems thinking. We argue that systems thinking and the CRP perspective are complementary. The CRP illuminates man...

Preoccupation with alternative outcomes (counterfactual thinking) is a central component of the ruminations of trauma victims. The questions investigated were whether such thinking should be distinguished from general rumination and whether elements of counterfactual thinking might relate to the process of adjustment. A sample of assault victims was interviewed. They completed a battery of self...

While intuition plays a role in clinical decision making within conventional medicine, little is understood about its use in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate intuition from the perspective of homeopathic practitioners; its' manifestation, how it was recognized, its origins and when it was used within daily clinical practice. Semi...

Thinking outside the box is a nice metaphor, but we are so used to putting things in boxes that it may seem essential to our way of thinking. This idea is enforced by the standard view of relations that says that relata always come in a certain order. There is, however, an alternative view on relations, the antipositionalist view, according to which the constituents of the complexes of a relati...

Should we always engage in critical thinking about issues of public policy, such as health care, gun control, and LGBT rights? Michael Huemer (2005) has argued for the claim that in some cases it is not epistemically responsible to engage in critical thinking on these issues. His argument is based on a reliabilist conception of the value of critical thinking. This article analyzes Huemer’s argu...