SITI NURFATHINI BINTI MUHAMMAD AZRIE (MP2212101T)

QUESTION NO : 7 (TYPES OF THINKING)

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (PT10103)
FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCTION
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH

TYPES OF THINKING
03.Significance
University of People (n. d.) stated that critical thinking is important as it is
universal, which means it can be applied in any field, regardless of career path, to
bring success. It is one of the most desirable skills to have in the workforce, as it
helps analyze information, think outside the box, solve problems with innovative
solutions, and plan systematically. It is also needed for our fast-growing
economies, to solve problems as quickly and as effectively as possible. Besides
that, it also helps us deal with everyday problems as they come our way, and very
often this thought process is even done subconsciously. It helps us think
05. References
Azman, T. (2022). 7 Most common types of thinking & how to identify
yours. Mindvalley. https://blog.mindvalley.com/types-of-thinking/
Ciccarelli, S. K., & White, J. N. (2021). Psychology (6th Edition, Global
Edition). Pearson Education Limit.
Drew, C. (2022). The 4 types of critical thinking skills - explained!.
HelpfulProfessor.com. https://helpfulprofessor.com/thinking-skills/
Hussein, N. A. (2021). (PDF) Critical thinking. College of Education -
University of Kufa. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/35468
2398_Critical_Thinking
Hritwik, K. (n.d.). Thinking types, development and tools. Psychology.

independently and trust our gut feeling. ANS

01. Introduction
Thinking is one of the qualities that distinguishes man from other creatures, and it is a concept that has many
dimensions and differing opinions and viewpoints about it (Hussein, 2021). Thinking is a mental activity that goes
on in the brain when a person is processing information. It includes organizing, understanding, and
communicating the information (Ciccarelli & White, 2021).
02. Discussion
There are four types of thinking, namely convergent or analytical thinking, divergent thinking, critical thinking,
and creative thinking.
College, Nabinagar. https://www.magadhuniversity.ac.in/download/
econtent/pdf/Thinking. pdf
Based on The Scientific World (2021), creative thinking provides self-awareness. as
The Scientific World (2021). The importance of creative thinking skills in
we are aware of our thought is biased towards our feelings and beliefs. By
learning to put these thoughts aside and get to know deeply about ourselves, we
our life. (2021). The scientific world. https://www.scientificworldinfo.
com/2021/03/importance-of-creativethinking-in-life.html
will be more confident in our thoughts and awareness. Furthermore, creative
University of People (n. d.). The Importance Of Critical Thinking, and
thinking provides tremendous freedom as we do with our free will when we
how
innovate. In addition, creative thinking eliminates surrender as it always pushes
to improve it. University of The People. https://www.uopeople.edu/
you to develop thinking and master new skills.
blog/why-is-critical-thinking-important/
Doing this poster project helps me to apply both my critical and creative thinking.
Throughout the process of completing this poster, I collected information from
various sources and think critically when extracting the important information,
and at the same time, applying my creative thinking by arranging the information
and designing the poster.

Convergent or analytical thinking is a type of thinking that does not require significant creativity or lateral
thinking strategies (Drew, 2022). Rather, it is a straightforward thought process.

Divergent thinking explores an infinite number of solutions to find one that is the most effective (Azman, 2022).

04. Conclusion
Critical thinking involves ‘critiquing’ a view using available intellectual knowledge (Drew, 2022). They use three
processes to develop critical insights on a topic, which are deduction, induction and abduction. Deduction Thinking skills are necessary for problem solving, decision making, and
involves drawing conclusions based on the facts at hand. Induction involves drawing conclusions based on a thinking critically. They help us do our job better, make smart decisions, and
generalization. Abduction involves coming to a conclusion that is the most likely or logical based on the small improve our own life. Thinking skills can be classified into: convergent
amount of knowledge that they have. thinking, divergent thinking, critical thinking, and creative skills. All of these
skills are important for us throughout our daily life.
Creative thinking is associated with one’s ability to create or construct something new, novel or unusual (Hwritik,
n.d.). Three special characteristics of creative thinking are originality, flexibility, and fluency. Originality is seeing
unique or different solutions to a problem. Flexibility involves the ease to shift from one problem type of
problem solving to another. Fluency occurs by generating a large number of solutions.