Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

partitioning
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
 
ground
a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
 
operative field
the area that is open during surgery
 
imponderable
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
 
irradiation
(Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
 
Utopia
an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
 
attention
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
 
one
a single person or thing
 
molecular biology
the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)
 
Mennonitism
system of beliefs and practices including belief in scriptural authority; plain dress; adult baptism; foot washing; restriction of marriage to members of the group
 
feeblemindedness
severe mental deficiency
 
reasoning
thinking that is coherent and logical
 
independent variable
(statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables
 
mysticism
obscure or irrational thought
 
belief
any cognitive content held as true
 
Roman Catholicism
the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
 
concern
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
 
priestcraft
a derogatory reference to priests who use their influence to control secular or political affairs
 
obiism
belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
 
mythology
the study of myths
 
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