Action Control pp 219-235 | Cite as

Thinking and the Organization of Action

  • Dietrich Dörner
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Abstract

Thinking is one of the possible ways to organize and to control action but not every form of action incorporates thinking processes. Under which circumstances does thinking play an essential role for the control of action?

We assume that thinking plays an important role for the control of action if appropriate memory schemes are not at hand or have proven unsuccessful. Thinking plays the role of a “trouble-shooter” for the organization of action. We shall be concerned with this role of thinking as a trouble-shooting system on the following pages.

Keywords

Action Scheme Error Behavior Unconscious Process Conscious Process Heuristic Process 
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