The mindset or type of thinking of a person largely determines his professional activity and success in the chosen profession. After all, if the individual characteristics of thinking "correspond" to the work of a person, then it is much easier for him to fulfill his duties, his achievements are more significant, and his career advancement is more successful and easier. Since only a person who is engaged in “his own business” is capable of real achievements. What are your individual characteristics of thinking?

Psychologists believe that the characteristics of a person's thinking are determined by the hemisphere of the brain, which is his leading one. If the right hemisphere is more developed, then the emotional sphere, figurative, abstract thinking prevails. In this case, the place has a humanitarian mindset. If the left hemisphere of the brain is more developed, then this is an analytical mindset, the so-called mathematical thinking.

We propose to understand this in a little more detail before moving on to interpreting the results of the intelligence test.

TYPES OF THINKING AND HUMAN MIND

Basically, the type of thinking is divided into four categories: practical or technical mindset, artistic-imaginative, humanitarian mindset, and mathematical mindset. However, the names may be somewhat different. Each of them has its own individual characteristics of thinking.

• Practical thinking.

A person with a practical mindset prefers and uses objective thinking in everyday life. This type of thinking is characterized by an inseparable connection between the subject and space and time, the consistent execution of operations. They carry out the transformation of information with the help of substantive, specific actions. The result of this type of thinking is a thought embodied in some new construction. In life, people with such a worldview are often called realists, they rarely fantasize or are generally incapable of abstract thinking.

• Artistic mentality.

Such people have a purely figurative thinking. On the contrary, they separate the object from space and time, carry out mental transformations of information, operating with images. In practice, it is easier for such people to imagine, imagine what needs to be done, it is easier for them to tell than to show with actions. The result of figurative thinking is a thought that is embodied in some new image.

A person who has such a figurative, abstract thinking “passes everything through himself”, i.e. trying to feel, imagine. They are very clearly visible, because they have a hard time accepting criticism, separation, and react emotionally to almost everything. They react violently to love notes and poems, lyrical moments in a movie or book. They rarely have analytical skills. These are, as a rule, good humanitarians: doctors, psychologists, social workers, etc.

• humanitarian mindset.

Individuals who have such individual characteristics prefer sign thinking. They transform information with the help of inferences.

This is the strategic, creative thinking of a person, when a logical chain is built not according to some small details, but is firmly tied to some imaginary goal. Since the goal is not yet a “thing” that does not exist in reality, but only a planned one, then people who have a humanitarian mindset have developed intuition and creative abilities based on imagination and feelings. That is, a person first needs to imagine and feel everything. This type of thinking is based on the emotional method of cognition of the surrounding world.

• Mathematical thinking.

Such people give preference to symbolic thinking, that is, the transformation of information using certain laws and inference rules (for example, algebraic ones). The result is a thought, which is expressed in the form of formulas and structures that fix the relationship between symbols (literally or figuratively).

The mathematical mindset or the analytical, technical mindset are practically synonymous. Mathematical thinking allows a person to analyze individual phenomena in actions. That is, the analyst, unlike the humanists, sees the situation in individual details, is able to better, more adequately, or something, assess the situation. Logical thinking in people with a mathematical mindset, as a rule, is much less developed, but they perform calculations in the mind just fine. They easily use existing formulas, laws and rules, and this is not only about mathematics, but about life in principle.

The analytical mindset in everyday life implies a "perceptive mind", a person's ability to "intelligently analyze, draw the right conclusions." In psychology, this is thinking, based on the logic of reasoning, not perception. Simply put, the analytical mindset is the opposite of intuitive thinking. A person who has this type of thinking prefers to be guided in life by “dry” facts, some kind of objective information, and not at all by feelings. Analytical ability is very close to technical or mathematical.

• Universal mindset.

In addition to all this, very often people have the so-called synthetic mindset, that is, universal, including abilities in different directions. It is quite difficult for such people to clearly define who they are to a greater extent, humanitarians or technicians. They, as a rule, have the same success in studies on completely polar fronts, they are equally good at all subjects, both mathematical disciplines, and, say, literature. Such people quite clearly represent the general picture of the world, understand graphs and drawings. At the same time, they can easily get emotional and cry.

The owners of a universal mindset can be considered lucky, because their individual features of thinking cover everything, they are endowed with all abilities. However, their abilities are not distributed equally, not evenly, but with some preponderance. To determine their predominant features of thinking, they are encouraged to take professional testing.

INTELLIGENCE STRUCTURE TEST RESULTS: INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSESSING THE LEVEL AND TYPE OF THINKING

Compare the answers you gave to the test questions with the correct ones, and give yourself 1 point for each of the matches of your option with the correct answer. This is how the results are evaluated for all sections of the intelligence test, with the exception of the FOURTH SECTION.

In the FOURTH SECTION, points are calculated a little differently, namely:

For a direct match with the key (correct answer) - 2 points;

For a word similar in meaning, but not matching the key - 1 point;

If your answer does not match the key at all, and the concept of the word is far from the meaning of the correct answer - 0 points.

Calculate the number of points in each section of the intelligence test separately and evaluate your results, individual thinking patterns and mindset.

• Correct answers of the test for the structure of intelligence

INTERPRETATION OF INTELLIGENCE TEST RESULTS

Having calculated the results of the test for the structure of intelligence, you can independently interpret them (interpret, decipher). The more points you ultimately score when answering questions in a particular section, the more pronounced in your thinking are the characteristics that were tested in this section. You can talk about high results if the level of 3/4 of the number of correct answers in a particular section is overcome.

SECTION ONE tested your ability to reason, your sense of reality, common sense, independence and independence of your thinking.

SECTION TWO is responsible for identifying the level of development of your sense of language, the ability to generalize and clearly, accurately express the meanings and meaning of words and concepts.

SECTION THREE tells how vividly your ability to combine is expressed, how flexible and mobile your thinking is. Here it turns out to what extent your mind can understand certain relationships, and also how much you tend to find an exact definition of concepts, how important this is for your type of thinking.

SECTION FOUR indicates your ability for abstract thinking, your education, the ability to define concepts and competently express your own thoughts.

SECTION FIVE assessed your practical thinking, how developed are your abilities to quickly, quickly navigate in the proposed situation, information, as well as the ability to use ready-made algorithms when solving problems (both in professional activities and in life).

SECTION SIX evaluates your mathematical abilities, the ability to think logically, reveals the desire for order in everything, for a certain rhythm and pace in life.

The absolute maximum score that is possible when testing is 132 points, and the closer your score is to this figure, the higher your level of intelligence. In general, you have the right to consider yourself an intellectually developed and educated person if the number of points you have scored exceeds at least 95 units. If you scored 125 or more points during the testing process, then you can not hesitate to tell your relatives and colleagues that you have a truly universal mindset and you are practically a Genius!

ASSESSING THE TYPE OF THINKING

For a more holistic and complete interpretation of the results obtained, the sections are combined into the following complexes, dividing the mindset characteristic of a person into: verbal thinking; mathematical thinking; theoretical and practical thinking.

Averages are not interpreted here, since their meaning is obvious - something in between, between high and low intellectual level in the context of assessing a particular type of thinking. Also, the interpretation of the results is clearly lower than low, since there is simply nothing to characterize - perhaps the test is not yet suitable for age parameters (a child has passed it), or the level of a person’s intellectual abilities, as they say, wants the best. One way or another, this test is aimed at the structure of intelligence - this is an assessment of the type of thinking, that is, it assumes the presence of a certain level of its development. To determine the level of IQ and mental retardation, there are other, more suitable testing methods for this.

• 1. VERBAL THINKING (sections one through four)

High results: 65-92 points. You have a very well developed speech, a rich vocabulary. You easily express your own thoughts with the help of words and understand others. You almost certainly have a purely humanitarian mindset. Perhaps you are given mathematical problems without much difficulty, but you think more in images than in objects.

High results: 30-40 points. You have what they call a mathematical mindset. You do not cause any particular difficulties, neither mathematical operations, nor the identification of mathematical patterns, nor the memorization of formulas and rules. Your life is probably also subject to some strict rules and you think clearly, structured, taking into account many details.

Low scores: up to 25 points. You have a very moderate ability to any exact sciences. Perhaps the world of numbers just seems boring and lifeless to you, or perhaps you are just not paying enough attention. But, most likely, your lack of mathematical abilities is more than compensated by your creativity, wild imagination and emotional perception.

• 3. PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL THINKING

If you received high scores in sections 2, 4, and 6, then this speaks of your theoretical mindset. You probably love encyclopedias and any scientific literature. You are one of those people who carefully and carefully consider some kind of action, but in the end, in practice, they cannot carry it out. The role of “commander” rather than “executor” is more suitable for you, because you understand everything perfectly, imagine how to do it in the best way, ideally, so to speak, and you can even supervise and tell subordinates what and how to do. But doing it yourself is problematic for many reasons.

If a most of the correct answers you received in sections 1, 3, 5 then you are endowed with a practical mindset. You tend to memorize only those scientific knowledge that can be useful in practice, which can be used in real life. You think that the best teacher is experience. A practical mindset helps you navigate the reality around you perfectly. However, you rarely have the desire or time to think about your own actions and decisions, so you tend to make mistakes often, and the same ones, stepping on the same rake, as they say.

And a little more about the individual characteristics of thinking:

You can often encounter the division of people into humanists and techies. The Internet is filled with endless disputes between these two groups. But who are the humanities and techies in reality? And how to determine which group a child belongs to? The answers to these questions must be sought in the inclinations, inclinations, interests and features of the mindset of each person. Today we will see what features people with a humanitarian and technical (analytical) mindset have.

Prerequisites for an inclination towards the humanities or technical sciences

The tendency can be noticed already in early childhood.

Almost every person has a penchant for certain types of sciences, i.e. Some disciplines are more interesting than others. For example, some prefer to carry out calculations (a propensity for mathematics), while others prefer to read books and analyze texts (a propensity for literature and language). This tendency is most pronounced in school years, and in some cases it is noticeable even at an earlier age. There are several prerequisites for this:

1. Makings. These are the natural qualities of a person that determine his success in a particular type of activity. These are inborn physiological, psychological features, features of the nervous system and the structure of the brain. For example, absolute pitch, a strong type of nervous system, excellent memory, etc. Under favorable conditions for development, the inclinations turn into abilities: musical, mathematical, etc.
2. Upbringing. Even in the absence of certain inclinations and abilities, it is possible to instill in a child a love for some kind of science. For example, families of hereditary mathematicians, doctors, teachers, etc. are quite common. Growing up in a particular family, the child adopts the ideas, norms and values ​​of his parents. And especially bright interest in the humanities or technical sciences will be manifested if adults work with the child and support his enthusiasm.
3. Interest. It can be formed under the influence of parents, teachers, friends, etc. Sometimes interest in a particular science flares up in a child as if spontaneously, i.e. no one deliberately inoculates him. In this case, it will be more due to the makings and mindset.
4. Mentality. This concept refers to the way in which a person thinks, how he expresses and implements his thoughts and ideas. To a greater extent, it is due to the natural component (i.e. inherent in a person from birth), however, education also plays a significant role in its formation.

Each of these four prerequisites significantly affects the child's inclination towards the humanities or technical sciences. However, the division of people into two categories (humanitarians and technicians) occurs precisely according to the mindset, which in each case has its own characteristics.

Features of people with a humanitarian mindset

It is believed that such a mindset is inherent in people whose right hemisphere is more developed. Those. people with the so-called artistic personality type. Their features are:

• Emotional way of knowing the world. Such people are more focused on feelings and emotions, learning something, they pass it through themselves. For example, listening to a fairy tale, such a child will pay more attention to the feelings of the characters, worry about them.
• Mode of action. Humanitarians are more theorists than practitioners. They are avidly interested in the discoveries of other people, study the history of various phenomena and at the same time do not particularly strive to create something on their own. They make their own discoveries if the available knowledge is not enough to explain a particular phenomenon. A child with a humanitarian mindset in games will act according to the existing rules (if they are clear and suit him), not trying to move away from them and invent something new.
• Acceptance of multiple points of view. People with this inclination are able to accept the existence of other points of view, to understand that other people may think differently from them. Humanitarian children will strive to find various explanations for the phenomenon that interests them, for example, they will not be satisfied with one theory of the origin of man, but will try to get acquainted with all of them.
• The predominance of visual-figurative type of thinking. Such children have a very developed imagination, they can easily imagine some kind of object or phenomenon (but only if they have already seen it once), they do not need to have an object in front of them in order to mentally perform some actions with it. However, it should be noted that the predominance of this type of thinking in a person does not necessarily determine the humanitarian mindset.
• Love for the humanities. A humanist child would rather prefer literature, language, history, etc., than mathematics, physics, and other natural and technical sciences. However, there are times when people with such a mindset love not only the humanities, but they are more difficult for them.

So, the humanitarian mindset of a child can be determined by his increased emotionality and sensitivity, by his ability to understand people and establish contacts with them, by his love for reasoning and thoughts. After reading some interesting book or watching a movie, such children will think about it / him, try to feel and imagine. Humanitarians are by no means passive, but they are less active and lively than children with an analytical mindset. They gradually accumulate knowledge, collect it bit by bit, and then they can surprise adults with the vastness of their knowledge. At the same time, they are perfectly able to apply this knowledge in life, in communicating with people, etc.

The most preferred professions for people with such a mindset are: psychologist, teacher, philologist, historian, archaeologist, lawyer, political scientist, economist, sociologist, etc.

Features of people with a technical (analytical) mindset

As a rule, in such people, the left hemisphere is more developed and leading. Children with a technical mindset belong to the mental type of personality and are characterized by:

• Cognition of the world through logical schemes. Faced with some new situation or phenomenon, the technician will try to analyze it from all possible sides and aspects, to consider every little thing. For example, in fairy tales, such children will pay more attention to the actions of the characters, ask how they managed to do this or that action. Techniques are not devoid of feelings and emotions, but they fade into the background.
• Active mode of action. Technicians prefer to act, not to reason. At the same time, they strive to think everything over in detail, to make the activity clear and purposeful. Such children are not so much interested in hearing about the discoveries of others as in making these discoveries themselves. Even in games, they tend to invent something new, come up with and introduce their own rules.
• Adherence to one specific point of view. As a rule, technicians tend to have one point of view, one way of doing things, and so on. It is difficult for them to accept the existence of other opinions. For this reason, the study of sciences, where there are many theories and paradigms that explain one phenomenon, is difficult for them.
• The predominance of the abstract-logical type of thinking. As a rule, such people think in categories that do not exist in nature. They all strive to explain from the point of view of logic: to connect concepts with each other, to draw a conclusion, etc. But it is worth remembering that the prevalence of this type of thinking will not necessarily determine the technical mindset.
• Love for natural and technical sciences. Mathematics, geometry, physics, chemistry, areas dominated by drawings and diagrams - these are the elements of human technicians. This does not mean that they do not like to read books and watch films, they are not interested in art. It's just that analysis, reasoning and discussion are not typical for children with an analytical mindset.

Briefly describe children with a technical mindset as very mobile, but at the same time rational and rarely show their emotions. They strive to learn everything from their own experience, to make great discoveries, to go down in history. Their goal is to acquire new knowledge, new ways of acting. At the same time, it does not matter at all that this knowledge and methods of action could exist earlier. Techies are energetic and self-confident, but at the same time it can be difficult for them to find a common language with those around them, and they do not always strive for this. They love technology and are good at it.

The most preferred professions for people with a technical mindset: mathematician, physicist, chemist, engineer, architect, mechanic, programmer, biotechnologist, cook (culinary specialist), etc.

Mathematical ability is one of the main indicators.

Can propensity be changed?

Inclination and mindset in most cases determine the future profession and occupation. However, situations often arise when, contrary to these criteria, one has to choose a different field of activity. So is it possible to change a child's propensity for technical or human sciences? Yes, it is acceptable in some situations:

1. The child has a synthetic mindset. This means that the humanities and technical sciences are given to him equally. In this case, it is worth getting him interested in other disciplines, instilling love for them.
2. The child shows interest in the opposite area of ​​knowledge. A great desire is an excellent driving force for mastering any field of knowledge. Having the interest, desire and support of loved ones, the child will be able to successfully master any profession, even contrary to his mindset.

It is worth remembering that not a single person is completely deprived of the ability to master certain sciences. It’s just that he feels great love for one, and they are given to him an order of magnitude easier. Most often, it is on the basis of this inclination that the future profession is chosen. However, the human brain is so complex that, with great desire and aspiration, it allows you to succeed even in those areas that seem infinitely far from his mindset.

From the basics of psychology, it is known that the hemispheres of the brain are responsible for the mental function. People with a dominant right hemisphere are more emotional, they differ in figurative, abstract thinking. Such individuals have a humanitarian mindset. If the left hemisphere dominates, the person is more practical, has analytical thinking and a mathematical mindset.

There are 5 main categories of human thinking:
- practical mindset;
- artistic and figurative;
- humanitarian;
- mathematical ();
- universal mindset ().

What type of thinking do you have?

In order to understand your type of thinking, first of all, you need to become more familiar with each of them.

Practical mindset. People who possess it, in everyday life, prefer objective thinking. They are consistent in everything and have an inextricable link between the object-space-time. A person with such a mindset is inherently not inclined to fantasize and dream.

Artistic mentality. With such thinking, all information is processed with the help of images. Such people have a developed imagination and vocabulary. It is easier for them to tell than to show by action. A person with an artistic mentality is very easy to recognize, as he reacts sharply to criticism and is emotional in almost all manifestations. Analytical abilities in such a person are much less pronounced.

A person with an artistic and imaginative mindset is perfectly suited for the profession of a psychologist, social worker, as well as creative professions.

A humanitarian mindset that can be described as iconic thinking. The personality of such a warehouse processes information with the help of inference. Such a person does not build a logical chain according to “small details”, but ties it to a specific imaginary goal. In this he is helped by developed intuition and creativity, which is based on imagination and feelings. The emotional method of cognition is the first thing a humanist relies on.

Mathematical (analytical) mindset. In this situation, the opposite is true. People with this mindset prefer laws, rules, and formulas. Unlike humanitarians, these individuals are able to adequately assess the situation and resolve serious issues. Cold calculations help you succeed in the commercial field. The analytical mindset is based on the logic of reasoning and is the exact opposite of intuitive thinking. Facts, objective information and figures are what such people prefer to be guided by.

Mathematical (analytical) thinking is very similar to the practical mindset.

Universal (synthetic) thinking. People with this mindset can be called lucky, because they have all the abilities. They have well-developed left and right hemispheres. They have a fairly clear picture of the world and are well versed in technical disciplines. They are emotional realists. However, these abilities are not divided equally, but with some preponderance. And in order to identify the predominant type of thinking, it is necessary to pass a special psychological test.

Based on the foregoing, knowledge about the types of thinking and mindset has a huge impact on your future successful future. Develop in the right direction! I wish you success!

Analytical stock crazy- this is the ability of a person, based on the initial data, to draw conclusions, analyze various options for the further development of events, their pros and cons. The classic example of an analyst is the legendary Sherlock Holmes, about whom his friend and chronicler Dr. Watson once said: “Holmes, you are not a man, you are an adding machine!”. Of course, extremes are harmful in any business. However, there are professions where analytical stock crazy just needed. So how do you develop it?

Instruction

Learn d crazy to compare facts, to draw conclusions. Oddly enough, solving crossword puzzles, rebuses, reading detective novels can be of great benefit in this. Reflections on the question “Who is the criminal?”, taking into account the known data and versions, greatly contributes to the development of analytical capabilities.

Although history does not recognize the subjunctive mood, try to think more often about the question: “What would happen if ...?”. For example, what path would the whole world history take if the Russian consul in Italy turned out to be more insightful and risked violating the trifling point of the instruction by hiring an unknown lieutenant Napoleon Bonaparte in the same rank (and not a second lieutenant, as demanded by that one) ? There are so many options it's breathtaking.

At the first opportunity, enter into discussions, especially on complex, ambiguous topics where there can be no simple clear answer. Indeed, in the course of these, a variety of options are considered - this is where you will have the opportunity to hone your skills.

Read as many analytical articles on politics, economics, and trade as possible. Of course, try to choose serious articles written by experienced professionals who value their reputation, and not sensationalism in the tabloid press.

Watch TV programs on the same topics, especially if their format involves discussions between participants. Listen carefully to the arguments, analyze their strengths and weaknesses. Pay special attention to the answers to difficult, "with a joke" questions. Since to answer them you also need to have an analytical stock crazy.

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Analytical thinking is the prevalence of reason over emotions, logic over spontaneity, organized over chaotic. This is the ability and desire to streamline everything, analyze and see dependencies and relationships.

Helpful advice

Analytical ability - a person's tendency to identify significant connections and relationships between various elements of information. The analytical mindset is the ability of the human psyche, which allows him to manifest and develop the ability to analytically perceive the surrounding reality.

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Often in the conversations of young people, and even older people, one can notice such an explanation for the lack of knowledge in the technical sciences as "humanitarian". However, a penchant for the humanities does not yet determine this kind of thinking. The conditional division of all people into "physicists" and "lyricists" is not entirely correct and scientific.

Ability and mindset

Psychologists have established a relationship between the development of the cerebral hemispheres and abilities. So, the right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for visual-figurative thinking, creative imagination, perception of music, artistic images, etc. The left hemisphere is responsible for mathematical abilities and logical thinking.

People who have a more developed right hemisphere of the brain are more inclined towards the humanities, reasoning, and philosophizing. Those who have more developed left hemisphere of the brain tend to have a tendency to mathematical sciences, technical disciplines and logical reasoning.

But inclinations towards the humanities do not yet determine the humanitarian mindset of a person. Rather, it is simply a consequence of those features that are inherent in people in the humanities.

Features of people with a humanitarian mindset

Humanitarians by mindset (not by education) know that each particular person or group of people has only a limited idea of ​​​​the world. They realize that there is something different in the world: a different perception, a different opinion, a different reality, a different meaning, a different picture of the world, and so on. For such people, after schooling on each issue, providing one correct solution or proof, it is easy at the university to study various scientific theories or paradigms that explain the same event or process in different ways. But this should not be confused with a love of philosophizing and philosophy: the fact that they understand it does not make them lovers of this discipline. They may not have a humanitarian education, but a technical one, but at the same time they are clearly aware of how narrow their understanding of the world is. Conversely, lovers of books, music, films and professional humanities sometimes do not allow the idea that others may have completely different interests than they do.

Another distinguishing quality of people with a humanitarian mindset is the ability to interact with others. This is clearly seen in the interaction between those who accept someone else's position and someone else's vision, and those who reject everything except their own point of view. If a person manages to comprehend the world of the interlocutor and establish contact, even without sharing his views, then he is a typical humanitarian.

The humanist, by his turn of mind, knows that the world is ruled by conventions. When such a person finds the answer to a question, he understands that it is considered correct only at this moment in time. Simply put, he realizes that truth as such does not exist, but there are only judgments that are currently revered as truth.

The humanitarian mindset is often confused with visual-figurative thinking. This type of thinking presupposes a developed ability to imagine, imagine, compare something, and, accordingly, to understand and accept changes in social life, some new genres of literature, cinema, music. But this does not mean at all that all people with developed visual-figurative thinking are humanitarians by their turn of mind.

Each person is talented and unique. An analytical mindset is one of the rare qualities with which you can become successful in many areas of life. The ability to analyze and logic is necessary in science, medicine, criminology, psychology.

What does analytical mind mean?

Talents begin to appear from childhood, wise parents, noticing the strengths of their child, set out to begin to develop them. On what factors does a person's propensity to analyze depend? One of the answers lies in the predominance or dominance of the brain responsible for technical thinking, logic and the predominance of reason over feelings. The analytical mindset is a process of thinking that includes

• careful analysis of facts, events, phenomena;
• the ability to build logical chains;
• the ability to separate the main from the secondary in a large flow of information;
• perspective vision;
• clear presentation of thoughts;
• sequence of inferences.

Analytical thinking in psychology

Mental operations in psychology are and reflect the subjective connection of a person with the surrounding objective reality. Discursive or analytical thinking is a subspecies of abstract-logical thinking, which is based on deep awareness, deployed in time and characterized by the following stages:

1. “Scanning” or comprehension of an event, situation, problem. An important component at this stage is the high motivation of a person in an effort to resolve the situation.
2. Viewing options, processing information and setting tasks. All possible parameters for the solution are identified.
3. Putting forward hypotheses.
4. Ways to solve a problem situation: using previously known, familiar algorithms or creating a new solution.
5. Process in action (practical activity).
6. Hypothesis testing.
7. With an ineffective solution to the problem, a period of detachment and the search for new solutions.

Analytical and critical thinking

The analytical mindset can be supplemented (not always) with such a quality as criticality. Critical thinking helps the analyst look objectively at ideas, solutions, see weaknesses, and test assumptions and facts. With excessively developed critical thinking, there is a fixation on the shortcomings of people, judgments, decisions, which makes it difficult to objectively evaluate, apply and obtain positive results.

Analytical and logical thinking

Analytical thinking is closely interconnected with logical thinking and relies on it when building logical chains and connections. Scientists consider the analytical mindset to be equal to the concept of abstract-logical thinking. Any mental operation is a subtle and complex process involving both internal mechanisms and external factors. Analytical thinking in conjunction with logical thinking helps a person:

• establish patterns;
• anticipate (calculate) the development of events, processes;
• build supposed connections between objects, objects without the need to study them at the same time;
• theoretically substantiate the conclusions using written or oral speech.

How to develop an analytical mindset?

The analytical mind, as well as another natural feature or talent of a person, should not remain at a certain “point” - it is necessary to develop what is given from birth. The famous saying “Success is 1 percent talent and 99 percent hard work” applies to developing analytical skills as well. When a person sets a goal to “pump” analytical thinking, gradualness is an important rule. At the first stage it is:

• solving crosswords, scanwords;
• reading detective stories with reflections on the actions, motivation, motives of the characters;
• word games;
• checkers or chess is a great way to develop analysis.

Exercises for analytical thinking

Analytical abilities begin to develop from childhood. For a child with a "mathematical" mindset, it will be useful to spend time together with parents solving puzzles, puzzles, tasks with finding differences in drawings, and searching for missing items. How can an adult develop analytical thinking if a number of circumstances arise when the ability to analyze is very important (promotion, desire to realize potential)? You can develop the left hemisphere and analytical skills at any age by doing the following exercises:

1. Analysis of any information coming from outside: political, economic. What arguments are given by politicians, economists, which raises doubts about how a person would act in this case.
2. Every day, come up with different situations with unforeseen events (organizing a business, flying into space,) and think over several options for deciding which one is the best and why.
3. Solving logical problems.
4. Learning programming.
5. Create a goal and implement it using an algorithm:

• collection of complete information;
• determination of primary links;
• options for solution and development, formulation of hypotheses;
• achievement of the goal: actions based on the decisions made.

Analytical Mind - Professions

The analytical mind is a highly organized mind. In the modern world, an important parameter is the speed of processing a huge amount of information, which is constantly changing and supplementing. High analytical abilities of a person are more and more in demand and such specialists are needed all over the world. Professions in which a person with analytical thinking can realize himself:

• auditor;
• manager;
• economist;
• political scientist;
• specialist in computer technology at various levels;
• logistician;
• analyst;
• legal adviser;
• programmer;
• critic;
• reviewer;
• IT-technologies
• criminologist;
• investigator.

Analytical Thinking - books

The development of analytical skills helps a person to get out of difficult situations without unnecessary emotions. The ability to analyze helps to see a way out where it seemed that there is none and to build a logical chain of cause and effect relationships. Reading fiction in the detective genre, as well as special literature on the development of thinking, help to improve analytical skills:

1. "Engineering heuristics". - D. Gavrilov
2. “The art of thinking. Lateral thinking as a way to solve complex problems "- E. Bono
3. "Book of Decisions. 50 models of strategic thinking "- M. Krogerus
4. "Conceptual thinking in solving complex and intricate problems" - A. Teslinov
5. "Logic in questions and answers" - V. Vechkanov
6. Logic and tactical thinking. 50 + 50 tasks for training the skills of a successful person "- C. Phillips
7. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" - A.K. Doyle
8. "Hercule Poirot" a cycle of books by A. Christie