ADVERTISEMENTS:
Five Main Tools of Thinking in Human being are as follows: a. Images b. Concepts c. Language d. Symbols e. Brain.
Human being is capable of thinking. Thinking process requires certain aids which are called as tools of thinking.
ADVERTISEMENTS:
These tools are:
a. Images:
Image is a mental picture formed in the mind in the absence of stimulus. This takes place when we try to remember the experience of stimulus. We are able to think on the basis of these images.
b. Concepts:
Thinking always takes place by using the concepts in the mind. Without concepts there cannot be thinking, because everything around us is recorded in the brain in the form of concepts.
c. Language:
In thinking we not only use concepts, but also language. Generally we think in our mother tongue or the language which is very familiar to us. Our thinking will flow like stream because of language.
d. Symbols:
ADVERTISEMENTS:
Symbols like national flag, national animal, logo of a game or organisation, etc, are symbols of certain things. We use these symbols while thinking.
e. Brain:
Finally it is the brain which is the seat of all mental processes. Since thinking is also a higher mental process, the role of brain is crucial. All our experiences are stored in the brain as engrams. Our thinking takes place on the basis of these engrams. Hence, it is quite obvious that brain is an essential tool of thinking.