the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hea…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Perception.
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the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
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the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hea…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Perception.the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hea…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Perception.the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hea…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Psychology, Perception.(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) 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.the detection that a signal is being received
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Perception.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.
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Pertaining to the sense of hearing, the organs of hearing, or the science of sounds; auditory.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Having nice or quick sensibility; susceptible to slight impressions; acting keenly on the senses; sharp; keen; intense; as, a man of a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.The act of hearing or listening; hearing.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning agai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: faculty, external, world, apprehended, dark.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
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