title: The higher mental processes in the American Journal of Psychology.
abstract: Research on the higher mental processes throughout the history of The American Journal of Psychology is reviewed. The domains covered include reasoning, judgment and decision, problem solving, and metacognition. Within each domain, the earliest contributions to the Journal are discussed, as is the development of the research domain over time. The increasing refinement of research methods and theoretical tools over time is accompanied by much consistency in research questions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. racarlson@psu.edu
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012106:Research / Q000266:history; D013850:Thinking