a design of mental styles which postulates many dimensions to depict the favored manners wherein people think or display their mental skills. The dimensions are inclusive of (i) governmental; (ii) problem solving, styles labeled monarchic, hierarchic , oligarchic, and anarchic; (iii) global versus local thinking, favoring thinking about bigger, more abstract dilemmas on the one hand or concrete factors on the other; (iv) interior vs. surface thinking, corresponding to introversion-extraversion, social abilities, and cooperativeness; and (v) conservative or progressive rule-based learnings versus those which are creative and rooted in modifications.
THEORY OF MENTAL SELF-GOVERNMENT: “The theory of mental self-government was postulated by Robert J. Sternberg, an American psychologist.”