(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.your general store of remembered information
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.your general store of remembered information
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The French name for concrete; hence, concrete made after the French fashion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and mangane…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.a representation of an abstract idea in concrete terms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.(physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [/]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called al…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept; "a circle was the embodiment of his concept of life"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying su…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the hu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The art or representation by pictures or images; the description or study of portraiture or representation, as of persons; as, the ico…
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