(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.The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.See Reenforcement.
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 act of knowing; knowledge; perception.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology.of Decide
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 act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
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 figurative or symbolical reference.
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 short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
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 the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained and directly exercised by the people.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; meas…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.of Draw
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.The act of embodying; the state of being embodied.
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 form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: representation, reference, concrete, objects, specific.A diagram representing data or a set of equations
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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