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Cognitive Processes

Scope Note: 
Processes based on perception, introspection, or memory through which an individual obtains knowledge or conceptual understanding, e.g., perceiving, judging, abstracting, reasoning, imagining, remembering, and anticipating (Note: Use a more specific term if possible -- see displays of the narrower terms)
Category: Learning and Perception
Broader Terms
N/A
Narrower Terms
Abstract Reasoning
Association (Psychology)
Conflict Resolution
Consciousness Raising
Convergent Thinking
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Executive Function
Intuition
Language Processing
Learning Processes
Logical Thinking
Memory
Mental Computation
Metacognition
Perception
Problem Solving
Reflection
Role Perception
Serial Ordering
Social Cognition
Visualization
Use this term instead of
Cognitive Load
Encoding (Psychology) (2004)
Information Processes (Psychological)
Information Storage (Psychology)
Recoding (Psychology)
Thinking Processes
Thought Processes (1966 1980)
Related Terms
Artificial Intelligence
Brain
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Measurement
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
Cognitive Structures
Cognitive Style
Cognitive Tests
Comprehension
Conceptual Tempo
Conservation (Concept)
Context Effect
Epistemology
Formal Operations
Hermeneutics
Intelligence
Interference (Learning)
Knowledge Representation
Learning
Learning Disabilities
Learning Strategies
Learning Theories
Mediation Theory
Object Permanence
Piagetian Theory
Priming
Protocol Analysis
Selection Criteria
Synthesis
Task Analysis
Taxonomy
Theory of Mind
Thinking Skills
Added to ERIC: 7/1/1966