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vanetänkande

English translation: habitual thinking (alt: thinking inside the box)

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Swedish term or phrase:vanetänkande
English translation:habitual thinking (alt: thinking inside the box)
Entered by: Charlesp

18:19 Jul 13, 2006
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Swedish term or phrase: vanetänkande
get caught up in "vanetänkande"

a term used in psychology .

of course it means in the habit of thinking, but maybe there is another way of stating it.
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 14:49
habitual thinking
Explanation:
Heaps of Google hits!
Selected response from:

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 14:49
Grading comment
as we all do
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5habitual thinking
Sven Petersson
4thinking inside the box
Larry Abramson
3 -1thinking in grooves
Görel Bylund


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
thinking in grooves


Explanation:
Again, as per Norstedts and Prisma. Does this sound good to you?

Görel Bylund
Sweden
Local time: 14:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  E2efour (X): No! But "thinking in a rut" would do.
16 hrs
  -> You're most probably right - I really didn't know, just cited a couple of dictionaries. :-)
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
habitual thinking


Explanation:
Heaps of Google hits!

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 14:49
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 18
Grading comment
as we all do

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingrid Abramson: Seems to be an established term
14 mins
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Michele Fauble
7 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  George Hopkins: Definitely.
13 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  E2efour (X): I would prefer "habitual thinking patterns".
16 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Eva Olsson
17 hrs
  -> Thank you very much!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
thinking inside the box


Explanation:
Vanetänkande is not the habit of thinking, but rather the inability to think outside conventional limits.....or more commonly put, thinking outside the box

Larry Abramson
United States
Local time: 08:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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