Mental Processes
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Conceptual functions or thinking in all its forms. |
Mental Processes Categories.
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Cognition - Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge. |
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Learning - Relatively permanent change in behavior that is the result of past experience or practice. The concept includes the acquisition of knowledge. |
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Perception - The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted. |
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Thinking - Mental activity, not predominantly perceptual, by which one apprehends some aspect of an object or situation based on past learning and experience. |
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Volition - Voluntary activity without external compulsion. |
Mental Processes Definitions and Terms
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