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Cognition: Meaning, Importance, and Lasting Influence in Psychology
Cognition names the family of mental processes by which organisms take in information, organize it, keep some of it available, transform it, and use it to guide action. The word can sound abstract, but the reality is concrete and constant.
Development: Main Ideas, Key Debates, and Historical Significance
Development is the study of change across time in thought, emotion, behavior, relationship, and capacity. It asks how infants become language users, how children acquire self-control and social understanding, how adolescents renegotiate identity and risk, how adults continue to learn
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