Thinking

Of higher cognitive process.   May also be referred to as cerebration, intellection, mentation, thought and thought process.

The process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought".

This concept's ID is @1~31380

Problem Solving

  • problem solving 4 facts

    The thought processes involved in solving a problem.

  • convergent thinking 0 facts

    Thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially...

Also contains

  • reasoning 10 facts

    Thinking that is coherent and logical.

  • explanation 6 facts

    Thought that makes something comprehensible.

  • preparation 5 facts

    The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;...

  • construction 4 facts

    The creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object...

  • consideration 3 facts

    The process of giving careful thought to something.

  • excogitation 0 facts

    Thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it.

  • divergent thinking 0 facts

    Thinking that moves away in diverging directions so as to involve a variety of...

  • free association 0 facts

    A thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a se...

  • mysticism 0 facts

    Obscure or irrational thought.

  • ideation 0 facts

    The process of forming and relating ideas.

  • line of thought 0 facts

    A particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group.

  • thread 0 facts

    The connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't...