Glossary C

Cognitive miser refers to a term used to describe people’s reluctance to do much extra thinking.

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Cognitive miser model refers to a view of information processing that assumes people usually rely on heuristics to make judgments and will only engage in careful, thoughtful processing when necessary.

Deutsch: Kognitive Sparfüchse / Español: Tacaños cognitivos / Português: Misers cognitivos / Français: Radins cognitifs / Italiano: Miser cognitivi /

Cognitive misers describe the idea that people are so limited in their ability to think and make inferences that they take mental shortcuts whenever they can.

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Deutsch: Kognitives Modell / Español: modelo cognitivo / Português: modelo cognitivo / Français: modèle cognitif / Italiano: modello cognitivo

Cognitive Model in psychology refers to a framework that explains human behaviour, emotions, and psychological disorders based on how individuals perceive, interpret, and respond to their experiences. This model emphasises the role of thoughts (cognitions) in shaping emotions and behaviours. It suggests that distorted or maladaptive thinking patterns can lead to psychological distress and dysfunctional behaviours.

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Cognitive needs refer to the innate needs to know and to understand.

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Cognitive neoassociation model of aggression refers to a theory of harm-doing proposing that aversive events activate the schemas for fight and flight, which elicit the emotions of anger and fear ; whether people respond with aggression or escape depends on the pattern of cues in the situation.

- Cognitive neuropsychology : Cognitive neuropsychology refers to one of the four (4) approaches in the study of human cognition that is based on the study of the patterns of cognitive impairments shown by brain-d

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- Cognitive neuroscience : Cognitive neuroscience refers to one of the four (4) major approaches in the study of human cognition that involves the use of several techniques for studying the brain functioning to

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