lAtErAl thinking, First DEsCriBED ByEDwArD DEBono in 1967, is just A FEw yEArs olDEr thAnEDwArD’s son. you might imAginE thAtCAspAr wAs rAisED to BE An ADvEnturous thinkEr, But thE DEBono nAmE wAs so FAmous,CAspAr’s pArEnts worriED thAt Any timE hE woulD sAy somEthing Bright At sChool, his tEAChErs might snAp, "whErE Do you gEt thAt iDEA From "
"wE hAD to BE CArEFul AnD not ovErDo it,"EDwArD ADmits. nowCAspAr is At oxForD—whiCh onCE lookED unlikEly BECAusE hE is Also slightly DyslExi
C、in FACt, whEn hE wAs Applying to oxForD, nonE oF his sChool tEAChErs thought hE hAD A ChAnCE. "so thEn wE DiD sEvErAl thinking sEssions," his FAthEr sAys, "using my tEChniquEs AnD, whEn hE wEnt up For thE ExAm, hE DiD ExtrEmEly wEll." soon AFtEr,EDwArD DEBono DECiDED to writE his lAtEst Book, "tEACh yourChilD how to think", in whiCh hE trAnsForms thE thinking skills hE DEvElopED For BrAin-storming BusinEssmEn into inFormAl ExErCisEs For pArEnts AnD ChilDrEn to shArE.
thinking is trADitionAlly rEgArDED As somEthing ExECutED in A logiCAl sEquEnCE, AnD EvEryBoDy knows thAt ChilDrEn ArEn’t vEry logiCAl. so isn’t it An uphill BAttlE, trying to tEACh thEm to think "you know,"EDwArD DEBono sAys, "iF you ExAminE pEoplE’s thinking, it is quitE unusuAl to FinD FAults oF logi
C、But thE FAults oF pErCEption ArE hugE! oFtEn wE think inEFFECtivEly BECAusE wE tAkE too limitED A viEw."
"tEACh yourChilD how to think" oFFErs lEssons in pErCEption improvEmEnt, oF ClEArly sEEing thE impliCAtions oF somEthing you ArE sAying AnD oF Exploring thE AltErnAtivEs.
it CAn BE inFErrED From pArAgrAph 2 thAtEDwArD______.A．wAs likEly to improvE ChilDrEn’s logiC with his Book
B．gAvE A DEsCription oF lAtErAl thinking sEvErAl yEArs AFtEr his son wAs Born
C、wAs promptED to stuDy lAtErAl thinking BECAusE his son wAs slightly DyslExiC
D．onCE tAught BusinEssmEn how to think BEForE hE wrotE For pArEnts AnD ChilDrEn