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cognitive psychology

noun

  1. the branch of psychology studying the mental processes involved in perception, learning, memory, and reasoning.


cognitive psychology

noun

  1. the psychological study of higher mental processes, including thinking and perception
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cognitive psychology1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

“To be effective at this work, you have to have a wide-ranging understanding of scientific evidence, everything from shaken baby syndrome to cognitive psychology to understanding how things go wrong with eyewitness identifications,” she said.

When it comes to policy making, applications of social or cognitive psychology are now routinely labeled behavioral economics.

The seminal paper on streakiness in sports is “The Hot Hand in Basketball”, a piece published in Cognitive Psychology in 1985.

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