Cognitive processes
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Cognitive processes aka mental functions are terms often used interchangeably (although not always correctly so, the term cognitive tends to have specific implications - see cognitive, cognition and cognitivism) which indicate such functions or processes as perception, introspection, memory, imagination, conception, belief, reasoning, volition, and emotion. So cognitive processes are those involved in the acquisition, processing and use of knowledge and information.Further processes are:
- Associative processes
- Classification
- Cognitive discrimination
- Cognitive generalization
- Cognitive mediation
- Comprehension
- Concentration
- Concept formation
- Decision making
- Fantasy
- Ideation
- Intuition
- Learning
- Mental rotation
- Metacognition
- Naming
- Problem solving
- Rumination
- Thinking
- Transposition
[edit] See also
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cognitive assessment
- Cognitive dissonance
- Cognitive maps
- Cognitive processing speed
- Cognitive psychology
- Conflict resolution
- Connectionism
- Declarative knowledge
- Generation effect (Learning)
- Human information storage
- Learning strategies
- Mental event
- Mind
- Procedural knowledge
- Neurocognitive
- Questioning
- Reality testing
- Schema
- Semantic generalization
- Spatial ability
- Social cognition
- Strategies
- Word associations
