cognator

cognator

 [cog´na-ter] in the adaptation model of nursing, one of two major internal processor subsystems (the other is the regulator subsystem) by which an individual adapts to or copes with internal and external environmental stimuli. The cognator subsystem encompasses psychosocial pathways and apparatus for perceptual and information processing, learning, judgment, and emotion. It is related primarily to the four adaptive modes of the adaptation model: physiologic needs, self-concept, role function, and interdependence.