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1Cognitive style — or thinking style is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information. Cognitive style differs from cognitive ability (or level), the latter being measured by aptitude tests or so called …
2Cognitive academic language proficiency — (CALP) is a language related term which refers to formal academic learning, as opposed to BICS. In schools today, the terms BICS and CALP are most frequently used to discuss the language proficiency levels of students who are in the process of… …
3Cognitive semantics — is part of the cognitive linguistics movement. The main tenets of cognitive semantics are, first, that grammar is conceptualisation; second, that conceptual structure is embodied and motivated by usage; and third, that the ability to use language …
4Cognitive apprenticeship — is a theory of the process where a master of a skill teaches that skill to an apprentice. Constructivist approaches to human learning have led to the development of a theory of cognitive apprenticeship [1] [2]. This theory holds that masters of a …
5Cognitive distortion — Cognitive distortions are exaggerated and irrational thoughts identified in cognitive therapy and its variants, which in theory perpetuate certain psychological disorders. The theory of cognitive distortions was first proposed by Aaron T.… …
6Cognitive musicology — is a branch of Cognitive Science concerned with computationally modeling musical knowledge with the goal of understanding both music and cognition. [1] More broadly, it can be considered the set of all phenomena surrounding computational modeling …
7Cognitive therapies for dementia — are starting to gain some momemtum. Improved clinical assessment in early stages of Alzheimer s disease and other forms of dementia, increased cognitive stimulation of the elderly, and the prescription of drugs to slow cognitive decline have… …
8Cognitive science of religion — is the study of religious thought and behavior from the perspective of the cognitive and evolutionary sciences. The field employs methods and theories from a very broad range of disciplines, including: cognitive psychology, evolutionary… …
9Cognitive informatics — (CI) is an emerging discipline that studies the natural intelligence and internal information processing mechanisms of the brain, as well as the processes involved in perception and cognition. CI provides a coherent set of fundamental theories,… …
10Cognitive dimensions — are design principles for notations, user interfaces and programming language design, described by researcher Thomas R.G. Green. The dimensions can be used to evaluate the usability of an existing information artefact , or as heuristics to guide… …
