Reflective thinking
Reflective
thinking is a form of complex cognition, first define by education
experts and American philosopher, John Dewey (1910-1991), as "an active
consideration, continuous and careful consideration of information or
belief with regard to the evidence that supports and decisions required
by such evidence. Reflective thinkers can
continuously question the things that have been considered the facts,
draw conclusions, and make those relationships. Based
on the operational stage of piaget's format, reflective thinkers can
invent an intricate intellectual system bring together ideas or mutually
opposing considerations. For example, combining
various theories of modern physics or human development into one
overarching theory can explain various behavior (Fischer pruyne
&,2003).
The ability for reflective thinking is expected to appear between the ages of 20 and 25 years. New
cortical areas of the brain when regulating the reflective thinking
really termielinasi at the same time the brain forms
connections-connections of neurons and the dendrite and Synapse. Support the environment can stimulate the growth of cortical connections are thicker and dense. Thus,
although almost all adults develop the ability to be reflective
thinkers, few become proficient, and even less the lahi can apply it
consistently in different kinds of issues.
For
example an adult beginning can understand the concept of Justice, but
may be difficult to consider it in relation to other concepts such as
social welfare, law, ethics, and responsibility. This may explain why, a little adult-adolescent – not including reaching the highest level of Kohlberg's moral reasoning. For many adults, College stimulate progress towards reflective thinking. ). in the quotation from the book (Papalia: 2008 edition of 10)