Epistemic Review
I came across the idea of convergent thinking from Types of Thinking - Indeed quite some time ago. I’m exploring the different ways of thinking for days now so I can say that I have good confidence in my knowledge
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Definition
The logical method of thinking where facts are brought together to arrive at a solution
Convergent thinking draws from active recall of information and strong decision-making skills to integrate existing bits of facts and knowledge to produce highly insightful ideas. Divergent Thinking is the opposite of convergent thinking
The mechanism of convergence is the combination of many bits of knowledge together to produce a single insight or result, as the term implies
- Single and well-established answer to a problem
- Binary - The answer is either right or wrong
- Most effective when an answer exists readily - recall and decisions
- Convergent thinking leads to a negative mood and divergent thinking leads to a positive mood - Paper