The phrase "a pattern of thinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent way of processing information or approaching problems.
Example: "Her approach to problem-solving reflects a pattern of thinking that emphasizes creativity and innovation."
Alternatives: "a way of thinking" or "a thought process".
"I think about this as a study of cognitive styles, that there's a pattern of thinking that helps people get better in treatment.
Being/nonbeing, mind/body, knower/known, ego/world, being-in-itself/being-for-itself are all variations of a pattern of thinking that the philosophers of the last third of the 20th century tried to undermine.
If you have a pattern of thinking the same way about a particular subject matter money, health, relationships you will find that you have ingrained beliefs that are coming up whenever that subject matter comes to mind.
Using Bourdieu's theory of practice [ 19] for conceptualizing prescribing style, it can be defined as a personal habitus shaped in response to external demands, which results in a pattern of thinking and doing, without necessarily rational or conscious reasoning.
Many are coming to see addiction as a learned pattern of thinking and acting – a pattern that can be unlearned.
To create a new behavior, you first have to practice a new pattern of thinking.
Habitus is a collective pattern of thinking and acting, and is often taken for granted within a group [ 38].
The reports I hear about Tinder are that it puts you in a constant pattern of thinking there's something better round the corner.
"The way in which non-compliance and social and cultural circumstances were conflated in the nephrologists' accounts revealed a common pattern of thinking whereby individuals would be pre-judged as high risk, with accordingly reduced chances of referral," read one research paper for the International Journal for Equity in Health, co-written by Prof Alan Cass, a leading kidney specialist.
Those with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) generally have an inflexible pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving, whereas those with obsessive-compulsive disorder have obsessions (recurrent, persistent thoughts) and compulsions (repetitive behaviors).
It's too easy to feel bad for ourselves around the holidays and fall into a pattern of escapist thinking.
