Cognition and Perception

Cognition is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information in order to understand the environment.

Sensory memory is not a type of memory, but rather a temporary storage of sensory information.

Attention is the ability to focus on a particular stimulus while ignoring others.

Alternating attention is not a type of attention, but rather a strategy for dividing attention between two or more tasks.

Memory is the process of recalling information from storage.

Relearning is not a type of memory retrieval, but rather a process of learning information again.

Memory is the process of forming new memories.

Elaborative encoding is not a type of memory encoding, but rather a strategy for improving memory.

Memory is the process of forgetting information from memory.

Repression is not a type of forgetting, but rather a defense mechanism.

Cognition is the process of making decisions and solving problems.

Algorithms are not a type of problem-solving strategy, but rather a set of rules for solving a problem.

Cognition is the process of forming mental representations of the world.

Scripts are not a type of mental representation, but rather a type of knowledge structure.