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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

process, operation, cognitive process, mental process, cognitive operation go
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity

basic cognitive process go
cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge

acquisition, learning go
the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

incorporation, internalization, internalisation
learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

noun.cognition

2 Subcategories

introjection go
(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects
introjection go
(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values