A Modern View on Thinking

A Modern View on Thinking: The Shift from Philosophy to Psychology While philosophy continues to play a role in how thinking and the thinking process is conceptualized, the emergence of psychology (especially educational psychology), in the mid- to late 19th century, has had and continues to have the most significant influence on how instructional designers view thinking. Educational psychology, which originated as a separate branch of psychology in 1892, has provided a concentrated look at thinking and learning through a more scientific perspective—one based upon research and which includes a focus specifically on how thinking and learning are interconnected. Thinking focused more on observation, experience, rational thought, and the scientific method