Thinking- a tool that every person has, solving various problems in life. Thinking can be developed, its speed, depth, freedom, meaningfulness can be changed. Also, thinking can become more interesting and positive.
Development of logical thinking
Logical thinking very useful for every person. It will facilitate the understanding of any laws in science or society. Logic is often needed in everyday life.
The brain needs constant training in order to maintain its mental activity, to have good thinking and memory. Regular exercise can improve mental performance.
Have fun with benefits
- Start solving logic puzzles for children and adults (puzzles, find 10 differences, riddles for attention).
- Find games that develop attention and logic that you can play with friends and no matter how old you are, it will be fun and enjoyable to spend time with friends.
- Use IQ tests. There are interesting tasks that require a lot of logical thinking. Although there are many others besides IQ tests.
educate yourself
For example, you can start with the mega-helpful course "Money and the Mind of a Millionaire".
Development of critical thinking
Critical thinking is a step towards active, creative methods. What is critical thinking?
- Thinking is independent, and the owner puts his ideas, evaluates the situation, has his own beliefs independently of others.
- Receiving information is only the beginning, and the end will be processing, that is. generating a complex thought as a conclusion. Another thought is subjected to critical reflection.
- This kind of thinking starts with questions and identifying problems.
- Critical thinking is persuasive arguments, evidence, conclusion.
- Such thinking helps to exchange opinions and points of view.
How to develop critical thinking?
- Assess reality. Reality is a world independent of your desires. Your thinking will be most effective if you learn to understand and "translate" this reality.
- Mass hobbies. Any concept becomes popular, a large number of people accept it, that is, they create a crowd. And there can be no question of critical thinking there, but only of consistency. Think before you join.
- Draw parallels between observation and inference.
- Don't judge a situation or a person until you've verified your information.
- Don't lose your sense of humor.
- Be curious. There are many unknown, interesting, shocking things in the world. The presence of curiosity indicates the presence of the mind. A curious person is looking for new ways, ways to solve problems, for example, which gives him new opportunities.
- Do not give free rein to emotions, because they can cloud the mind. A prime example is anger, which can cause you to do things you will regret.
- Don't overestimate yourself.
- Learn to listen to people.
- Use your intuition, do not ignore. Because such thoughts can come to your mind at a subconscious level. This is the result of once accepted information, which you probably don’t remember anymore.
Tasks for the development of thinking
1) What number is hidden under the car?
2) Find an extra piece. Only 15% of people can cope with this task.
3) Where does the bus go?
1. 87, just flip the photo.
2. The answer is -1, because it is a standard, because the rest of the figures of its modification, either the shape, or the color, or the frame has been changed.
3. While the bus is moving forward and moving on the right side, as usual, it is moving to the left. Because the door is not visible.
The development of speed reading
Fast reading will always allow you to read more interesting and useful books, as well as excellent will develop thinking. Sign up for our 30 Day Speed Reading course. We will teach you not only to read faster, but also to think faster, understand and remember the text, as these are the basic requirements for the reading process.
Verbal counting
Learn how to quickly and correctly add, subtract, multiply, divide, square numbers and even take roots. I will teach you how to use easy tricks to simplify arithmetic operations. Each lesson contains new techniques, clear examples and useful tasks.
Money and the mindset of a millionaire
Knowing the psychology of money and how to work with them makes a person a millionaire. 80% of people with an increase in income take out more loans, becoming even poorer. Self-made millionaires, on the other hand, will make millions again in 3-5 years if they start from scratch. This course teaches how to properly distribute income and reduce costs, motivates you to learn and achieve goals, teaches you how to invest and recognize a scam.
Development of creative thinking
Creative thinking - thinking in which the owner finds unusual solutions, improved or shorter, the best. Creative thinking will allow you to generate new ideas.
Creative thinking will give you the opportunity to try your hand at art. You must be able to find yourself in music or drawing, poetry or something unusual. For example, creating sculptures from improvised means and so on.
We offer several interesting exercises for the development of creative thinking:
- Find a drama or horror movie and remake it into a comedy genre.
- Also try the opposite. Turn comedy into drama.
- Come up with a script for a movie. Take 2-3 pairs of people who have disagreements with each other and develop this plot.
- Imagine some person or animal or object that could become a serial killer.
Thus, scripts for films and books can appear. And the very process of such a game will be fun for you and the circle of people with whom you will try to discuss it. This exercise is more interesting to perform in the company of friends and acquaintances.
Development of thinking in children
The mental activity of the child has a special structure of cognition. Being born, the baby begins to study everything around, draw parallels, look for connections between his discoveries. Gradually developing, the child begins to reason, imagine, a fantasy world appears, and speech not only appears, but also becomes more literate over time.
Anagrams
Gorbov-Schulte tables
Color Matrix Game
A great simulator for your thinking will be the game "color matrix". A field of cells will open in front of you, each of which will be painted over with one of two colors.
Your goal: determine which color is more. The game, of course, is on time and therefore you have to try. As the game progresses, the field will expand with correct answers or narrow if the answers are incorrect.
Game "Quick Score"
The game "quick count" will help you improve your thinking. The essence of the game is that in the picture presented to you, you will need to choose the answer "yes" or "no" to the question "are there 5 identical fruits?". Follow your goal, and this game will help you with this.
Game "Simplify"
The game "Simplify" is a wonderful simulator, not only for mental counting, but also for logic. You will come across examples both simple and complex. But not everything is so complicated in reality, you just need to guess how to simplify or find the answer from the suggested answers. To do this, you will have to reason logically!
Number Reach: Revolution game
An interesting and useful game "Numerical Coverage: Revolution", which will help you improve and develop memory. The essence of the game is that the monitor will display the numbers in order, one at a time, which you should remember and then play. Such chains will consist of 4, 5 and even 6 digits. Time is limited. How many points can you score in this game?
Game "Memory Matrix"
"Memory Matrix" is a great game for training and developing memory. In the presented game, you will need to remember the placement of the shaded cells, and then reproduce them from memory. How many levels can you pass? Remember, time is limited!
Lessons in the development of thinking
A good exercise for creativity, as you complete the field, you will understand how highly developed your thinking is. Below you will see a field made of crosses. Your goal is to draw a picture for each cross. Thinking, creativity and imagination come into play:
When you fill it out, pay attention to this picture (below), maybe you will find some of the drawings you just drew.
Also try the field not with crosses, but with other shapes or, simply, with a different blank. It can be triangles, circles, squares and so on. For example:
And another example:
Exercise - Architect
Imagine that you are an architect. Your goal is to design a house. It doesn't matter if you can draw or not, whether you can draw, it doesn't matter. The essence is completely different and no less interesting. Put a piece of paper in front of you and write ten nouns on it. They can be absolutely anything: orange, water, tomato, cloud, smoke, and so on ... Then the fun begins. These ten words become the terms of the customer. If orange, then you can paint the roof of the house in orange. Water? Make a river behind the house. Tomato? Paint the floor of your house red. Here your imagination and thinking are released into the wild. Try to make it as interesting as possible, come up with words as difficult as possible.
Technologies for the development of thinking
The technology for the development of critical thinking is represented by three stages:
1. Challenge. A gap is sought in previously acquired knowledge or experience, which is now the goal of elimination. That is, the goal is to close this gap in knowledge.
2. Understanding. A person who has a serious goal of developing critical thinking must realize that it is necessary to keep a diary, draw tables in order to determine the level of understanding of a particular topic, information.
3. Reflection. At the stage of reflection, a person forms his attitude to the text, information, book, picture. This relationship is often written down or discussed with someone. This method will help not only in the development of critical thinking, but also in the development of communication skills.
The development of thinking in children 4-5 years old
There are good exercises for children to help them develop and train their thinking. These are the simplest exercises that will surely help them think and apply thinking to answer the question. If the child finds it difficult, then just push him.
Examples of exercises for the development of thinking
Exercise 1. The goal of the child is to find an extra word. Below are rows of 4 words, and one of them is superfluous and your child must determine which one. Ask him the question "why did he choose this word?"
Birch, pine, linden, apple tree.
Bed, table, chest of drawers, spoon.
Oak, chamomile, rose, tulip.
Fork, spoon, chair, knife.
Candy, soup, halva, jam.
Skirt, hat, dress, slippers.
Apple, beetroot, pear, grapes.
Exercise 2. You come up with a word for the child, and he answers what this person needs from things. It may not be a person at all, but an animal or a bird, and the child names their elements. For example:
Sparrow - branches, grains, puddle.
Doctor - gown, mask, syringe.
Janitor - broom, bucket, rake.
Small baby - rattle, diaper, nipple.
Dog - booth, bone, leash.
Seller - cash desk, goods, calculator.
Bee - flowers, nectar, beehive.
Artist - paints, brushes, canvas.
Mum - ...?
And you will learn a lot of interesting things about your status :)
Exercise 3 Name the components of certain objects, objects. The task is very difficult. During the exercise, the child’s vocabulary will be replenished, since not all words are known to him yet, and you will help him with this. So:
Car - wheels, body, headlights, steering wheel (let the kid name as many elements as possible) ship - ...
airplane - ...
a train - ...
a bike - ...
trolleybus - ...
table - ...
armchair - ...
book - ...
a computer - ...
guitar - ...
piano - ...
drum - ...
house - ...
fence - ...
flower - ...
wood - ...
mushroom - ...
bug - ...
butterfly - ...
dog - ...
Human - ...
Apple - ...
watermelon - ...
The development of thinking in children 6-7 years old
Exercise 1: Which vehicle is the odd one out of the four?
Exercise 2: Logic task. Petya is stronger than Misha, but weaker than Kolya. Who is the weakest guy?
Exercise 3: There are three buckets: green, yellow, blue. Grandfather, grandmother and grandson carried water in different buckets (each has its own color). Grandfather had neither green nor blue. Grandma's is neither green nor yellow. What was the grandson?
It would also be helpful to teach your child how to play chess. This game perfectly develops the sense of thinking, logic, mental counting and many other senses.
For the game "chess" a lot of problems are constantly being composed and invented. For example: mate in 1 move or mate in 2 moves, so it can be in 4. Problems are very interesting, and being able to solve them means having good thinking.
The development of thinking in children 8-9 years old
The older the child gets, the more difficult the tasks should be for him. Below are exercises that will help the child to tense up, think, reflect and argue their answer:
Exercise 1: What can be common and what is the difference between the following pairs of words?
- table chair
- bird, plane
- Heaven, earth
- Day Night
- Hill, hole
- skis, skates
- tree, bush
Let them explain their position.
Exercise 2: How can you seat 6 children on 2 sofas? How to seat on 3 sofas? The answer should be given in numbers, and all possible answers should be used.
Exercise 3: The child is called a series of words, and the goal of the child is to combine the words with one concept:
- perch, crucian, pike (fish)
- elephant, giraffe, ant (animals)
- autumn, summer, winter (seasons)
- shovel, rake, broom (tools)
- cheese, sour cream, butter (dairy products)
- arm, ears, legs (parts of the body)
Properties of thinking
There are several properties of thinking, which we have analyzed below:
Thinking speed
Each person has their own speed of thinking, and therefore each person copes with the task in different ways. There are methods to increase the speed of thinking:
- Do facial exercises, that is. normal warming up of the facial muscles.
- Stop being lethargic, sleepy and expressionless. The more alive you and your facial expressions, the more alive and thinking!
- Increase the speed of internal reasoning and thoughts. This will help speed up your thinking.
- Try to massage your head regularly. Massage stimulates the vessels of the brain, which improves their work, and at this moment great thoughts may come to your head.
- Speed reading training. By perceiving the text faster, you not only improve the speed of reading, but also the speed of thought. Indeed, if you read faster and remember what you read, then your thoughts also speed up.
Meaningful thinking
The most common type of thinking - internal chatter - is negative thinking, it "seems to fill" the spiritual emptiness, is an illusion. Such thinking is a problem, an obstacle to concentration on any business. To keep thinking clear, you need to perform actions fully comprehending them. It is also desirable to write down thoughts, draw, tell stories to friends, acquaintances, relatives.
Take notes and draw Get into the habit of expressing your thoughts in writing or drawings. Some people, explaining or telling something, not only speak, but also draw, that is, lay a picture for you, clarify the situation.
Tell your thoughts It will be useful to express your thoughts to others who will be really interested in it. By telling this to someone, you can get feedback. And it will also be a plus that the more you tell your thoughts, the more understandable they will be for you (if there were any points that were not clear).
Discuss Discussing thoughts is an effective thing. One head it's good, but two better. The main thing is that the discussion does not turn into a quarrel. If you suddenly do not agree with the thesis of the interlocutor, then make up your own, but do not start a heated argument, but have a calm conversation.
Watch your speechThinking and speech are closely related to each other. Therefore, in order to contribute to the development of thinking, it is worth building your speech correctly. Tip: exclude the words “problems”, “horror”, “difficult”, include “interesting”, “goal”.
Why are speech and thought closely related? Thinking is fleeting, it is difficult to remember, but speech is a different story. Speech is memorable and easier to track. Want to improve your thinking? Pay attention to your speech.
Pay attention to someone else's speech It is easier to follow someone else's speech than your own. Because someone else's speech is something new and all the flaws and failures in logic are heard in it. Studying the mistakes of someone else's speech will help you in finding mistakes in your own speech.
Improve your writing skills Text analysis can be compared to listening to someone else's speech. In both cases, you are looking for errors, roughness and take notes. Improving thinking depends on the ability to process texts.
Depth and freedom of thought
People use their thinking in different ways and with varying degrees of freedom. It all depends on the position of perception. The depth and freedom of thinking can be represented as several criteria:
- pattern thinking, as a rule, this is the look of an egoist: “I forgot - it means I don’t respect”, “I didn’t kiss - it means I don’t love” and so on.
- My interests: Does it concern me and my plans? “I was cooking dinner, but he didn’t distract me - well, okay. If I wanted to kiss, then that’s exactly what I wanted, which means I’ll kiss when he comes”
- Interests of relatives: "He was in such a hurry that he even forgot to kiss me. I love him:)"
- Objectivity: "The world is a stream of neutral events, nothing serious happened, he was just in a hurry."
- Systemic view A: He ran to work, taking care of us! My favorite!
- Angel Position: My husband works for people, and this is very important. I'm proud of them!
Efficiency of thinking
To create more effective thinking, you need to master meaningful thinking, and then master the ways to increase the efficiency of thinking:
- Move from your experiences to the specifics.
- Replace negative thinking with positive.
- Find a bridge from right thinking to productive thinking.
Thinking control
The control of thinking, first of all, is connected with the development of thinking and the higher functions of human psychology, the development of will and attention.
It happens that useless and unnecessary thoughts spin in your head that you want to discard. Don't bother to eradicate them, but try:
- Think positively and constructively
- To engage in some business so that thoughts are involved in this business.
- Start remembering funny moments, positive stories and pleasant things that will create a good atmosphere.
Courses for the development and training of thinking
In addition to games, we have interesting courses that will perfectly pump your brain and improve memory, thinking, concentration:
Money and the mindset of a millionaire
Why are there money problems? In this course, we will answer this question in detail, look deep into the problem, consider our relationship with money from a psychological, economic and emotional point of view. From the course, you will learn what you need to do to solve all your financial problems, start saving money and invest it in the future.
Development of memory and attention in a child 5-10 years old
The course includes 30 lessons with useful tips and exercises for the development of children. Each lesson contains useful advice, some interesting exercises, a task for the lesson and an additional bonus at the end: an educational mini-game from our partner. Course duration: 30 days. The course is useful not only for children, but also for their parents.
The secrets of brain fitness, we train memory, attention, thinking, counting
If you want to overclock your brain, improve its performance, pump up memory, attention, concentration, develop more creativity, perform exciting exercises, train in a playful way and solve interesting puzzles, then sign up! 30 days of powerful brain fitness are guaranteed to you :)
Super memory in 30 days
As soon as you sign up for this course, a powerful 30-day training for the development of super-memory and brain pumping will begin for you.
Within 30 days after subscribing, you will receive interesting exercises and educational games in your mail, which you can apply in your life.
We will learn to memorize everything that may be required in work or personal life: learn to memorize texts, sequences of words, numbers, images, events that occurred during the day, week, month, and even road maps.
Speed reading in 30 days
Would you like to read books, articles, newsletters, etc. that are interesting to you very quickly? If your answer is "yes", then our course will help you develop speed reading and synchronize both hemispheres of the brain.
With synchronized, joint work of both hemispheres, the brain starts to work many times faster, which opens up many more possibilities. Attention, concentration, perception speed amplify many times over! Using the speed reading techniques from our course, you can kill two birds with one stone:
- Learn to read very fast
- Improve attention and concentration, as they are extremely important when reading quickly
- Read a book a day and finish work faster
We speed up mental counting, NOT mental arithmetic
Secret and popular tricks and life hacks, suitable even for a child. From the course, you will not only learn dozens of tricks for simplified and fast multiplication, addition, multiplication, division, calculating percentages, but also work them out in special tasks and educational games! Mental counting also requires a lot of attention and concentration, which are actively trained in solving interesting problems.
Outcome
In this article, we analyzed the features of thinking, learned how to develop thinking, what browser and board games and exercises help develop thinking.
