An interdisciplinary field drawing from research in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy and examining the representations and operations of the human mind.

A family of related article perspectives that focus on specific ways in which people mentally acquire, interpret, and remember information.

Component of memory that holds incoming information and a nun analyze form for a very brief time (2-3 seconds or less)

A phenomenon in which two people (e.g., a child and caregiver) continuously focus on the same object or event, monitor each other's attention, and coordinate their response.

Component of memory that holds knowledge and Skills for a relatively long period.

Component of the human information processing system that oversees the flow of information throughout the system and enacts cognitive strategies.

This physiological response to being worried, tens, and pressured.

Awareness shared perceptions and understanding that provide the foundation for social interaction

Looking at someone else (e.g., a caregiver) for clues about how to respond to a particular object or event

Process of becoming able to respond quickly and efficiently while mental processing or physically performing certain tasks.

General inability to recall events that have occurred in the early years of life

One's knowledge about specific topics and the world in general.

Tightly integrated set of ideas about a specific object or situation

Schema that involves a predictable sequence of events related to a common activity.

The ability to think logically and where evidence reasonably when drawing conclusions.

Mental entity that represents an external object or events, typically without reflecting its perceptual and behavioral qualities.

Significant deficit in one or more cognitive processes to the point where special education services are required.

Disability characterized by inattention, hyperactivity, or impulsive behavior, or by all of these characteristics.

Knowledge and belief about one's own cognitive process, as well as efforts to regulate those cognitive processes to maximize learning and memory

Specific mental process that people intentionally use to acquire or manipulate information.

Attempt to learn and remember information by repeating it over and over.

Process by identifying interrelationships among pieces of information as a way of learning them more effectively.

Process of using prior knowledge to embellish new information and learn it more effectively.

Extent to which one is able to reflect on the nature of One's Own thinking processes

Directing and controlling one's own cognitive processes in order to learn successfully

Theoretical perspective proposing that children construct increasingly integrated and complex understanding of physical and mental phenomena.

Theoretical perspective proposing that some knowledge is biologically built-in and available at Birth or soon after.

Revision of one's knowledge and understanding of a topic in response to new information about the topic.

A state of quite in which a person focuses on the present moment and, while experiencing it, his or her cognitive, emotional, and physiological conditions.

Attention is needed for getting information into the system

In-Depth Processing
(e.g. rehearsal, organization, elaboration)

Often involves making connections between new information & existing knowledge