"thinking habits" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe the behaviors that someone has developed for dealing with problems, such as "John has developed good thinking habits that help him solve difficult issues quickly."
Critical thinking habits and skills underpin this discussion.
The change that's required, they say, is not in breeding habits but thinking habits.
In 10 years, I've seen students' thinking habits change dramatically: if information is not immediately available via a Google search, students are often stymied.
In fact, though, therapists often work to pull people out of themselves: to see their behavior from the perspective of a loved one, for example, or to observe their own thinking habits from a neutral distance.
What is to be learned varies by discipline and by course: It might be a combination of facts, skills, understanding, ways of thinking, habits of mind, a maturing of perspective, or something else.
Such prescriptions can be no more than demands to conform to current thinking habits.
I don't know about you, but my over-thinking habit robbed me of my own happiness and joy.
This to-and-fro between models and minds, spaces of thinking and habits of thought, is what this book will mean by cognitive ecologies.
Explanations for why 10 Russians were living in the U.S. under "deep cover" and accomplishing nothing of real value have emphasized old ways of thinking, Cold War habits, and efforts to revive Russia's defense capability.
Moving from one research world to the other would require fundamental readjustments in my thinking, work habits, and approaches, so it gives me pause to ponder.
This was a chance for Yahoo to start over, but now I'm thinking old habits die hard, and the deceitful ghost of Scott Thompson lingers.
