Posted by gardenergirl on April 5, 2006, at 14:22:04
In reply to Re: a thought for today... » special_k, posted by gabbi~1 on April 4, 2006, at 23:34:28
I think it might also relate a bit to bottom up versus top down processing. And I may confuse the two, because it's been a long time since this class...
But I'm an intuitive, big picture kind of thinker. I often know what I know, but if you ask me to give you the cognitive steps or the detiails that comprise the big picture, I can't always do it. I tend to wave my hands in the air and say, "you know..." It's always great when someone DOES know and I don't have to use words. Because when I have to use words to explain an intuition, and I struggle, that's when I start to feel stupid and doubt myself. :(
My husband, on the other hand, is the opposite. He can take FOREVER to get to conclusion, because he thinks through all the steps in between. He is not at all intuitive, and doesn't trust a feeling or intuition until he's reasoned it out. I would say that it's nice to have both ways between us, but only if we are patient and respect each other's process.
But at any rate, I tend to think that one's cognitive processing style might be to some degree hard-wired. Perhaps a tendency towards top down or bottom up processing that later gets reinforced or not as we develop?
interesting topic...:)
gg
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