单词 | cognition |
释义 | cognition (once / 4175 pages) n Cognition is the act of thinking, perceiving, and understanding. It's cognition that makes it possible for you to learn a foreign language. The word cognition is most often used in scholarly or formal writing about learning and thinking, though you can also use it to describe what happens when you use your brain power to complete a crossword puzzle or remember math equations for a test. Cognition comes from the Latin verb cognoscere, meaning "a getting to know, or knowledge," combining com-, "together," and gnoscere, "to know." WORD FAMILYcognition: cognitions, precognition+/precognition: precognitions USAGE EXAMPLESOne of his insights is that people often engage in something called “identity-protective cognition.” The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The results showed improved cognition, attention, posture, balance and sensorimotor performance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 18, 2016) The act of running may not seem to require much thought, but a new study suggests that it enhances cognition. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) n the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning Syn|Hypo|Hyper knowledge, noesis brain, head, mind, nous, psyche that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason placean abstract mental location general knowledge, public knowledgeknowledge that is available to anyone epistemethe body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time ability, powerpossession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done inabilitylack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something lexisall of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabularya language user's knowledge of words practiceknowledge of how something is usually done cognitive factorsomething immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result equivalenta person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents process, unconscious processa mental process that you are not directly aware of perceptionknowledge gained by perceiving structurethe complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations cognitive content, content, mental objectthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned informationknowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction historyall that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge attitude, mental attitudea complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquyuttering speech while asleep noddlean informal British expression for head or mind common knowledgeanything generally known to everyone lightpublic awareness open, surfaceinformation that has become public tabula rasaa young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke) ego(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind unconscious, unconscious mindthat part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware subconscious, subconscious mindpsychic activity just below the level of awareness know-howthe (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something leadershipthe ability to lead intelligencethe ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience aptitudeinherent ability bilingualismthe ability to speak two languages colloquially capacity, mental abilitythe power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior creative thinking, creativeness, creativitythe ability to create originalitythe ability to think and act independently science, skillability to produce solutions in some problem domain accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, attainment, skillan ability that has been acquired by training handability superior skillmore than ordinary ability block, mental blockan inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension stupiditya poor ability to understand or to profit from experience inaptitudea lack of aptitude incapacitylack of intellectual power unskillfulnessa lack of cognitive skill analphabetism, illiteracyan inability to read uncreativenessa lack of creativity faculty, mental faculty, moduleone of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind custom, traditiona specific practice of long standing convention, formula, normal, pattern, rulesomething regarded as a normative example heritagepractices that are handed down from the past by tradition divine guidance, inspiration(theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings difficultya factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result causal factor, determinant, determinative, determiner, determining factora determining or causal element or factor counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-visa person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another replacement, substitutea person or thing that takes or can take the place of another basic cognitive processcognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge discernment, perceptivenessperception of that which is obscure insight, penetrationclear or deep perception of a situation cognizancerange or scope of what is perceived arrangement, organisation, organization, systeman organized structure for arranging or classifying higher cognitive processcognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use incomprehensionan inability to understand traditionan inherited pattern of thought or action objectthe focus of cognitions or feelings food, food for thought, intellectual nourishmentanything that provides mental stimulus for thinking noumenon, thing-in-itselfthe intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception universe, universe of discourseeverything stated or assumed in a given discussion issue, matter, subject, topicsome situation or event that is thought about issuean important question that is in dispute and must be settled data point, datuman item of factual information derived from measurement or research acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiaritypersonal knowledge or information about someone or something facta piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred example, illustration, instance, representativean item of information that is typical of a class or group circumstance, condition, considerationinformation that should be kept in mind when making a decision background, background knowledgeinformation that is essential to understanding a situation or problem descriptora piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system evidence, groundsyour basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief predictorinformation that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events tip-offinside information that something is going to happen input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulusany stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action idea, thoughtthe content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sumthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience wisdomaccumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment internal representation, mental representation, representationa presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image form, pattern, shapea perceptual structure beliefany cognitive content held as true disbelief, unbeliefa rejection of belief heresy, unorthodoxya belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion end, goalthe state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it educationknowledge acquired by learning and instruction experiencethe content of direct observation or participation in an event acculturation, cultureall the knowledge and values shared by a society lore, traditional knowledgeknowledge gained through tradition or anecdote ignorancethe lack of knowledge or education domain, knowledge base, knowledge domainthe content of a particular field of knowledge metaknowledgeknowledge about knowledge phrase structure, sentence structure, syntaxthe grammatical arrangement of words in sentences morphology, sound structure, syllable structure, word structurethe admissible arrangement of sounds in words acceptance, credencethe mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true culturethe attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization defensive, defensive attitudean attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') hardballa no-nonsense attitude in business or politics high horsean attitude of arrogant superiority southernisman attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) mentality, mind-set, mindset, outlooka habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations paternalismthe attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good position, posture, stancea rationalized mental attitude disposition, inclination, tendencyan attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others tolerancewillingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others intoleranceunwillingness to recognize and respect differences in opinions or beliefs esteem, regard, respectan attitude of admiration or esteem disrespecta disrespectful mental attitude reverencea reverent mental attitude irreverencean irreverent mental attitude orientationan integrated set of attitudes and beliefs condensation(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams layer, level, stratuman abstract place usually conceived as having depth defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires psychological feature a feature of the mental life of a living organism |
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