Table of Contents

Preface - 8 Preface to the second edition - 12 List of tables - 14 Contents - 16 Ch. I: Statement of the problem - 20 Ch. II: Psychological theories of thinking - 52 Ch. III: Method and experimental design - 96 Ch. IV: The external structure of the thought process - 118 Ch. V: Main and Subproblems - 150 Ch. VI: The development of the problem - 201 Ch. VII: The organization and methodology of the thought process - 273 Ch. VIII: Chess talent - 335 Ch. IX: Epilogue 1963 - 390 Appendix 1 - 426 Appendix 2 - 428 Bibliography - 460 Index of Subjects - 466 Index of Names - 479

About the Author

Adriaan D. de Groot (1914-2006) was professor of methodology of the psychological research at the University of Amsterdam.