Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Categorization
Categorization is the process of grouping objects, events, or information according to similarities and meanings.
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Cognition
Cognition is the totality of mental processes related to receiving, processing, remembering and using information.
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Cognitive coaching
Cognitive coaching involves supporting change by organizing thinking, questions, beliefs and ways of interpreting situations.
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Cognitive schema
A cognitive schema is a fixed pattern of organizing information that influences the interpretation of oneself, other people and situations.
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Cognitive tension
Cognitive strain is a state of increased mental effort when a task, information, or conflict requires intense processing.
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Confirmation bias
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek, remember, and interpret information to support prior beliefs.
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