Glossary C
Glossary C
Deutsch: Kognitiver Inhalt / Español: Contenido cognitivo / Português: Conteúdo cognitivo / Français: Contenu cognitif / Italiano: Contenuto cognitivo
Cognitive content refers to the mental representations, knowledge structures, and informational elements that individuals process, store, and retrieve within their cognitive systems. It encompasses the subjective and objective components of thought, including concepts, schemas, propositions, and mental models, which collectively shape perception, reasoning, and decision-making. As a foundational concept in cognitive psychology, it bridges the gap between raw sensory input and higher-order cognitive functions, such as problem-solving and language comprehension.
Cognitive Control refers to the ability to create subjective realities for oneself, or as directed by a leader; the power of an individual or group to give different meanings to situations.
Cognitive development refers to age-related changes that occur in mental activities, such as attending, perceiving, learning, thinking, and remembering.
Cognitive disorders refer to disorcers such as Dementia, Delirium, or Amnesia characterized by impairments in Cognition, such as deficits in memory, language, or planning and caused by a medical condition or by substance intoxication or withdrawal
Deutsch: Kognitive Dissonanz / Español: Disonancia Cognitiva / Português: Dissonância Cognitiva / Français: Dissonance Cognitive / Italiano: Disonanza Cognitiva
The theory of Cognitive Dissonance, pioneered by Leon Festinger, is one of the most influential concepts in social psychology. It explains the inherent human motivation to resolve powerful internal inconsistencies between one's beliefs, attitudes, and actions.