Changing minds and persuasion -- How we change what others think, believe, feel and do. Thinking styles. The following is edited and adapted from It is intended to supplement personal understanding and enhance critical self-examination of yourself as a communicator. Styles of Thinking "How do people think about things?
" Harrison and Bramson, through their research detailed in their text The Art of Thinking, found that in Western society there are five distinct styles of thinking. Most people show a marked preference for one or two of the styles. These styles are referred to as "Inquiry Modes.” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Synthesists "Synthesists are apt to appear challenging, skeptical, or satirically amused, even when you can see no cause for any of that. " A Synthesist can juggle both arguments and counter arguments mentally and recognize the validity of each and form new ideas from that conflict.
The first common strategy of the Synthesist is that of "Open Argument and Confrontation. " Synthesists like to be observers of conflict. Idealists. Mark Twain quotations - A. Aldine Club Dinner for Clemens on Dec 4, 1900. Photo from HARPER'S WEEKLY, Dec 15, 1900 from the Dave Thomson collection. Read the news report about the banquet. _____ Limited edition print from the Centennial Collection of portrait artist Susan B. Salvador Dali | at VirtualDali.com. History of Neuroscience.