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basic cognitive process
cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
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higher cognitive process
cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
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attending, attention
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
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inattention
lack of attention
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intuition
instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
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perception
the process of perceiving
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apperception
the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience
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believing
the cognitive process that leads to convictions
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categorisation, categorization, classification, sorting
the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories
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discrimination, secernment
the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished
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acquisition, learning
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge
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memory, remembering
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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representational process
any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else
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search
the examination of alternative hypotheses
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cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
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suggestion
the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
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deciding, decision making
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
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knowing
a clear and certain mental apprehension
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language, linguistic process
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
