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>Is it really "abstract thinking" to accept an arbitrary "medically-established ideal weight range"? It is abstract thinking as opposed to concrete thinking, b
by JonnieCache 15y ago
>Is it really "abstract thinking" to accept an arbitrary "medically-established ideal weight range"?
It is abstract thinking as opposed to concrete thinking, because you are imagining a hypothetical child with a certain build, (or is it a set of children with a range of healthy builds?) and comparing your child to that, as opposed to simply comparing your child to the other children you see in front of you every day when collecting your child from school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_object http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_object
- cookiecaper 15y agoWell, your link lists concepts like "Five" or "Justice" as abstract, so the entire concept of "overweightness" instead of just "overweight child" is "abstract" by that measure. I guess I assumed you meant something more meaningful and less pedantic. And I don't think there's much of a leap in terms of abstraction if you just jump from "compared to the other kids, my kid is ok" to "compared to this number on a chart, my kid is ok". That is just a change in what data point you prefer to reference, not a change in thought patterns.