possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his power…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
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the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wa…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.(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, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.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…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.knowledge that is available to anyone
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge; "the child's acquisition of language"
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Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Education, Learning.a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…
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the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event; "he basked in the afterglow of his victory"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.An effect on other people that is not fully included in a market price.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychology, performance, some, composite, cognitive.In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of…
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