Abstract vs Concrete thinkers

1) To some extent, concrete and abstract are domain specific. For example, for a mathematician, concepts like exponent and equation are second nature and relatively concrete in their meaning. However, that same mathematician might find concepts like value as used in political economy to be quite abstract.

2) The ability to think concretely and abstractly is also associated with the ability to transfer what is learned from one context to another. For example, a student who is a reasonably abstract thinker might learn the organization of an essay in English class and then transfer that learning to her writing in social studies class. In contrast, a concrete thinker might need to be specifically taught in both classes.

3) Abstraction is a relative concept, related to the age of the child. For a two year old, “the day after tomorrow” is a highly abstract concept. For a college student, the day after tomorrow is relatively concrete, as opposed to highly abstract ideas like Heisenberg’s Indeterminancy Principle.

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points taken: There are no absolutes. Abstract/concrete thinkers aren't abstract/concrete thinkers in all situations, they're just mostly abstract/concrete. Though I must say I'm mostly abstract and people sometimes.. don't understand what I am talking about.

http://www.projectlearnet.org/tutorials/concrete_vs_abstract_thinking.html

still at the stage of not wanting to write everything here.

I found this article quite useful in the understanding of abstract vs concrete thinking.