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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Clarity of purpose
Goal clarity is the degree to which you know what is to be achieved, how to progress, and why the…
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Clarity of values
Clarity of values is recognizing what is really important and how it should be expressed in everyday choices.
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Closeness
Closeness is the experience of emotional contact, trust and mutual availability in a relationship.
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Co-regulation
Co-regulation is the process in which one person helps another regulate emotions, tension and behavior through presence, reaction and contact.
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Co-regulation
Co-regulation is the process in which the presence, tone, rhythm, reactions and safety of another person help regulate arousal and…
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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 accommodation
Cognitive accommodation is modifying existing thinking patterns when new information does not fit existing beliefs.
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Cognitive agility
Cognitive agility is the ability to quickly and appropriately change your perspective, strategy, or way of thinking when data changes.
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Cognitive assessment
Cognitive appraisal is the way a person interprets the significance of a situation for himself, his goals and resources.
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Cognitive barriers
Cognitive barriers are obstacles to understanding, learning, or making decisions that result from limitations in attention, beliefs, patterns, and thinking…
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Cognitive bias
Cognitive bias is a systematic deviation in thinking that affects the evaluation of information, decisions and the interpretation of reality.
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Cognitive biases
Cognitive biases are systematic shortcuts and distortions in thinking that influence the evaluation of information, people, and decisions.
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Cognitive buffer
The cognitive buffer is a resource of attention, knowledge, strategy and flexibility of thinking that helps maintain the quality of…
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Cognitive chaos
Cognitive chaos is a condition in which excess information, conflicting stimuli, or a lack of structure make it difficult to…
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Cognitive closure
Cognitive closure is the need for a quick, clear answer and an end to cognitive uncertainty.
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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 control
Cognitive control is the ability to direct attention, working memory, and responses in a manner consistent with a current goal.
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Cognitive debt
Cognitive debt is the increasing mental cost resulting from postponed decisions, unfinished business and unorganized information.
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Cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is the tension that arises when beliefs, values, or actions conflict with each other.
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Cognitive distortions
Cognitive distortions are repetitive, inappropriate ways of interpreting situations that may intensify difficult emotions and impede action.
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Cognitive ease
Cognitive ease is the subjective feeling that information is simple, familiar and easy to process.
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Cognitive economy
Cognitive economy is the tendency of the mind to reduce effort through simplification, mental shortcuts and automation of decisions.
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Cognitive escape
Cognitive escape is the act of distracting yourself from a difficult thought, emotion, or problem in order to quickly reduce…
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Cognitive evidence
Cognitive evidence is a fact or observation used to test whether a thought or interpretation is justified.
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Cognitive filtering
Cognitive filtering is the selective attention to some information while ignoring other information, often in a way that reinforces prior…
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Cognitive flexibility
Cognitive flexibility is the ability to change one's thinking, strategy, or perspective in response to new conditions.
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Cognitive flexibility
Cognitive flexibility is the ability to change perspective, strategy or way of thinking when a situation requires updating.
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Cognitive fusion
Cognitive fusion is a state in which a person treats thoughts as literal reality rather than as mental events.
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Cognitive games
Cognitive games are a practical term for the ways in which the mind distorts, bypasses, or arranges interpretations to reduce…
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Cognitive gap
A cognitive gap is a lack of knowledge, data, or understanding that makes it difficult to accurately assess a situation.
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