OverviewofPsychology
Analysisistodistinguishthecomponentsandindividualcharacteristicsofthingsthroughneuralactivity;whilesynthesisistodistinguishthecomponentsandIndividualcharacteristicsarelinkedandcombinedintoawhole;comparisonistocompareseveralrelatedthingstodeterminethesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthem.Abstractionistoextractpartofthecommonmaincharacteristicsofsimilarthingsanddiscardothercharacteristicsofthiskindofthings.
Summaryisthecombinationofcertaincommoncharacteristicsofthingsinthebrain.Observationofobjectivethings,throughanalysis,synthesis,comparison,abstractionandgeneralization,withthehelpofwords,canformconcepts;theconnectionsbetweenconceptsthatreflecttherelationshipbetweenthingsarecalledjudgments.Theprocessoflinkingtwojudgmentstoobtainanewjudgmentiscalledinference.Throughreasoning,theprocessofobtainingtheinnerconnectionbetweenthephenomenonandessence,causeandresultofathingiscalledunderstanding.
Ascanbeseenfromtheabove,thinkingisacomplexandadvancedprocessofcognition,reflectingtheinterconnectionofthingsandthelawofdevelopmentandchange,andhasthecharacteristicsofindirectandgeneralcognition.
Thephysicalthinkingprocessalsoincludes:askingquestions,makingplans,obtainingfactsandevidence,testingandevaluating,cooperationandcommunication.