EVOLUTION OF CRITICAL THINKING IN A STUDY OF COGNITIVE SCHEMES

The article presents the evolution of critical thinking in the study of cognitive schemas and underlying beliefs. Described are the features of his history and new directions in cognitive psychotherapy. The orientation over the complex problems of the therapy of psychological disorders by cognitive behavioral therapy is the way of effective solution of the practical and theoretical problems. Socrat`s thinking as a way of cognitive scheme processing is a component of critical thinking like reflection, decentration, metacognitions.