(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 step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or completing a task
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.An instrument of wood or brass, on which this projection of the sphere is made, having a movable horizon or cursor; -- formerly much u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; excl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a constr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.any doctrine emphasizing the importance of the context in solving problems or establishing the meaning of terms
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.A great circle drawn on a terrestrial globe, making an angle of 23? 28' with the equator; -- used for illustrating and solving astrono…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.The art of making or of solving enigmas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: thought, processes, involved, solving, problem.Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is concei…
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