| 1. | Cognition | The sort of mental processes described as cognitive or cognitive processes are largely influenced by research which has successfully used this paradigm in the past. Consequently, this More… 2.1 KB |
| 2. | Cognitive | Refers to the mental processes of comprehension, judgment, memory, and reasoning, in contrast to emotional and volitional processes. Contrast with conative. |
| 3. | Cognitive development | Beginning in infancy, the acquisition of intelligence, conscious thought, and problem-solving abilities. An orderly sequence in the increase in knowledge derived from sensorimotor activity More… 0.3 KB |
| 4. | Cognitive dissonance | is an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously. The "ideas" or "cognitions" in question may include attitudes and beliefs, and also More… 2.0 KB |
| 5. | Cognitive dissonance | cognitive dissonance : A kind of BALANCE THEORY proposed by the American psychologist Leon Festinger; the theory states that because we have a powerful DRIVE towards consistency (or More… 0.7 KB |
| 6. | Cognitive distortion theory | Theory that depression results from errors in thinking, such as jumping to conclusions, exaggerating the negative, and ignoring the positive, that lead one to a gloomy view of the self, the More… 0.2 KB |
| 7. | Cognitive ergonomics | That aspect of Ergonomics which deals withe the interaction between people and the computer-based information technology they work with. |
| 8. | Cognitive labelling theory | A theory of Emotion proposing that all emotional experiences are preceded by a generalised state of physiological arousal which is then "labelled" on the basis of situational cues More… 0.2 KB |
| 9. | Cognitive learning theory | A school of thought in Psychology that opposed the behaviourist view that there is a direct link between stimulus and response via the nervous system, arguing that complex learning involves More… 0.4 KB |
| 10. | Cognitive map | Also known as cognitive models, mental maps, mind maps or mental models are a type of mental processing composed of a series of psychological transformations by which an individual can More… 2.2 KB |
| 11. | Cognitive model of abnormality | A model of Abnormality that emphasises the role of cognitive factors in mental disorders. The view is that thinking in a maladaptive way leads to disordered behaviour. |
| 12. | Cognitive neuropsychology | An area of research concerned with trying to understand the workings of the cognitive system by studying brain-damaged patients and the kinds of impairment associated with Brain Damage. |
| 13. | Cognitive psychology | Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology that investigates internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. The school of thought arising from this approach is More… 1.6 KB |
| 14. | Cognitive restructing | cognitive restructing The technique used by cognitive therapists to make distorted and irrational beliefs more rational. |
| 15. | Cognitive restructuring | Any behavior therapy procedure that attempts to alter the manner in which a client thinks about life so that he or she changes overt behavior and emotions. Also see cognitive therapy. |
| 16. | Cognitive revolution | A phrase used to describe a great upsurge of research, theorising, and applications using a Cognitive Psychology perspective, beginning in the l970s and especially prominent in European More… 0.4 KB |
| 17. | Cognitive science | The term now used for the group of disciplines that study the mind, including Artificial intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Cognitive Psychology. |
| 18. | Cognitive slippage | Cognitive slippage is a symptom of several psychiatric diseases and mental disorders associated with cognition and formal thought disorders. It is manifested in patterns of speech, where More… 1.2 KB |
| 19. | Cognitive style | Cognitive style or "thinking style" is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information, or their preferred approach to More… 1.1 KB |
| 20. | Cognitive therapy | A form of treatment involving attempts to change or restructure the client’s thoughts and beliefs on the assumption that they excert great influence on his or her Emotions and behaviour: More… 0.5 KB |
| 21. | Cognitive triad | Negative thoughts about the self, the world, and the future, found in depressed clients. See also: Depression |
| 22. | Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy | A short-term psychotherapy directed at specific target conditions or symptoms. (Depression has been the most intensively investigated to date.) The symptoms themselves are clues to the More… 0.6 KB |
| 23. | Cognitive-behavioral therapy | A cognitive restructuring therapy associated with the psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck, concerned with changing negative schemata and certain cognitive biases or distortions that influence a More… 0.6 KB |
