Different thought processes

[Abe]

Disclaimer: this, like every other thread here, has probably been done somewhere else, someway else, but for the sake of sanity I'm not going to hunt it down.

I was wondering if there is anything out there about different thought processes? It seems to me that yes, there are different personalities, but what about how people think? Surely the thought process of every individual isn't the same.

Has anyone read any studies about main thought processes? There has to be one right?

 

[Black Rose]

Thought is what you comprehend, process is what comes out when we organize it. Development of the mind encompass all that we know. Languages are created all the time by the syntax of their usage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language

http://youtu.be/x2mBBUgh9iY

 

[TimeAsylums]

Could you clarify exactly for what you are asking?

The perceptions?
Or the thought processes from perception to thought?
The "train" of thought of people? Free association vs linear vs non-linear?

There are different types of ways in which people think:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_thinking

visual thinking is one of a number of forms of non-verbal thought, such as kinesthetic, musical and mathematical thinking.

Visual thinking is the phenomenon of thinking through visual processing.[1]

Research by child development theorist Linda Kreger Silverman suggests that less than 30% of the population strongly uses visual/spatial thinking, another 45% uses both visual/spatial thinking and thinking in the form of words, and 25% thinks exclusively in words. According to Kreger Silverman, of the 30% of the general population who use visual/spatial thinking, only a small percentage would use this style over and above all other forms of thinking, and can be said to be 'true' "picture thinkers".[2]

"Do you think in words vs pictures"

This was my thread on it:
http://www.intpforum.com/showthread.php?t=17041

And if you are looking for how the personalities think, try: Dario Nardi

 

[Abe]

I realize this is a rather broad question, but I'm not sure how to rephrase it. I suppose what I'm looking for is ultimately what makes people do what they do and why do they handle situations the way the handle them?
Ill try to break it down....

Some of what I'm asking is do you think in words or pictures?

Do people differ in the way they process information and take information in?


This is the best I can do at the moment

 

[Black Rose]

 

[redbaron]

Do people differ in the way they process information and take information in?

This is the best I can do at the moment

Definitely yes.

It's affected by belief system, or whether they even have one. Inductive or deductive reasoning. Values, logic, emotions, importance.

There's a whole plethora of things that affect how people process information. Even at a neurological level, depending on how we largely choose to interpret things changes the part of the brain we utilize.

At work so can't elaborate more right now.

 

[Abe]

Definitely yes.

It's affected by belief system, or whether they even have one. Inductive or deductive reasoning. Values, logic, emotions, importance.

There's a whole plethora of things that affect how people process information. Even at a neurological level, depending on how we largely choose to interpret things changes the part of the brain we utilize.

At work so can't elaborate more right now.

Thank you! Do you know of anyone who has done studies or broken this down into simpler terms, like Carl Jung did with the personality types?

 

[ZenRaiden]

Just ask someone with OCD or some other disorder. People with depression have different way of thinking. People who are pesimistic and optimistic are different.
People who have generally positive attitude to science and generally negative attitude to science.

These all represent different type of thinkers. Also culture makes us think differently.

http://askville.amazon.com/types-thinking/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=68894922

 

[BigApplePi]

Yes there are different thought processes. To partake, one may start anywhere. One may use science to delve/dive into the bottom and build something on the way up. One may use intuition and bounce off of it to see where the blob takes us. One may use language to move sideways.

 

[B.C.P.]

If tl;dr: you see what is relevant to you.

If not tl;dr :I've found that whatever I have recently been interested in provides contextual meaning to what I'm perceiving. Take for example the MBTI, and how it's priority on my mind makes me focus more on a person's behavior, looking to identify functions or create a profile based on their behavior. This contextual effect interests me because it certainly effects what I pay attention to throughout the day.

I'm also interested in emotional affect, or, the emotional fallout that occurs when a person has certain thoughts. Say, for example, a person goes to a funeral, how long after are they affected by the mood they experienced while there?

See, I think it's possible that whatever feeds our perception operates much like a chemical, entering our system then leaving when a new dominant thought or emotion begins to define what is immediately relevant to us.

 

[Hadoblado]

The sum of:
- Different motives
- Different memories
- Different subconscious processing
- Different external categorisations
- Different self-identity
- Other stuff that refuses to fall from the top of my head right now
= a way of thinking that is different between individuals.

These various inputs are shuffled around in brains that are also essentially unique. The neural structures that process this information often have a high degree of plasticity, though other than compensating for other cognitive deficits, I'm not entirely sure what mechanisms control this. Whenever a structure is used in a way that is not normal, such as when the auditory system is used above and beyond it's ordinary capacity in blind people, this is an example of a different thought process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QaCeosUmw

 

[ZenRaiden]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1QaCeosUmw

Superb skills. This is what I would call extraordinary. Just how the hell he does that.

 

[redbaron]

Thank you! Do you know of anyone who has done studies or broken this down into simpler terms, like Carl Jung did with the personality types?

Not really, though I think that's because it's so varied.

If I'm interpreting your question correct, thought process will change between every individual, based on beliefs, emotions, mood etc. That's a lot to try and incorporate into one neat theory.

If you want to get an idea roughly what activates different brain regions, you could study how different parts of the brain control/respond to different stimuli or thought patterns.

Not sure if this is what you're after, but maybe studies like this would help you?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10611121

Again, there's so much to learn about the brain that it's unlikely you'll find a comprehensive theory of all things brain. I'd say understanding the facets of this idea would come through years of arduous study.