Specialist dictionary

Learning

Learning processes, knowledge acquisition, understanding, memory and learner development.

Core vocabulary

81 featured terms

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Acquireverb

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Acquisitionnoun

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

Apprehensionnoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Cognitionnoun

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Commandnoun

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

Comprehensionnoun

an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result); "how you can do that is beyond my compr…

Controlnoun

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

Discernmentnoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Feedbacknoun

response to an inquiry or experiment

Knowledgenoun

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Larnverb

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Learnverb

gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"

Learningnoun

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"

Masterynoun

great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity; "a good command of French"

Memorynoun

the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

Noesisnoun

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Practicenoun

translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

Praxisnoun

translating an idea into action; "a hard theory to put into practice"; "differences between theory and praxis of communism"

Savvynoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Sciencenoun

ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"

Skillnoun

ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"

Understandingnoun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

Abilitynoun

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discr…

Absorbverb

take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

Appreciationnoun

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

Assimilateverb

take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

Attitudenoun

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

Brainnoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "…

Brainwavenoun

the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

Cognitive contentnoun

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Cognitive factornoun

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

Cognitive operationnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the co…

Cognitive processnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the co…

Conditioningnoun

a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment

Contentnoun

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Digestionnoun

learning and coming to understand ideas and information; "his appetite for facts was better than his digestion"

Educationnoun

the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"

Epistemenoun

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

Equivalentnoun

a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

General knowledgenoun

knowledge that is available to anyone

Graspnoun

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

Graspingnoun

understanding with difficulty; "the lecture was beyond his most strenuous graspings"

Headnoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "…

Historynoun

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the beginning of history"

Holdnoun

understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something; "he has a good grasp of accounting practices"

Imprintingnoun

a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established

Inabilitynoun

lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something

Incorporationnoun

learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

Informationnoun

knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

Ingestverb

take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

Insightnoun

the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

Lexiconnoun

a language user's knowledge of words

Lexisnoun

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

Mental attitudenoun

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

Mental lexiconnoun

a language user's knowledge of words

Mental objectnoun

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

Mental processnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the co…

Mindnoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "…

Nosenoun

a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"

Nousnoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "…

Operationnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the co…

Perceptionnoun

knowledge gained by perceiving; "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

Placenoun

an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prom…

Powernoun

possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discr…

Practicenoun

knowledge of how something is usually done; "it is not the local practice to wear shorts to dinner"

Processnoun

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the co…

Processnoun

a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"

Psychenoun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "…

Public knowledgenoun

knowledge that is available to anyone

Realizationnoun

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he fac…

Recognitionnoun

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden recognition of the problem he fac…

Self-knowledgenoun

an understanding of yourself and your goals and abilities

Smatteringnoun

a slight or superficial understanding of a subject

Structurenoun

the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure"

Studynoun

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no sch…

Studyverb

learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week: I must hit the books now"

Transfernoun

application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

Unconscious processnoun

a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"

Virtuositynoun

technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

Vocabularynoun

a language user's knowledge of words

Worknoun

applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading); "mastering a second language requires a lot of work"; "no sch…