Question

"_____ is a general term that refers to awareness and thinking, as well as to specific mental acts such as perceiving, attending to, interpreting, remembering, believing, judging, deciding, and anticipating."

Answer 1

Answer:

Cognition is the general term.

Explanation:

Cognition is the ability one has as a human being of processing, thinking and having a general perception of the external and internal world.

It refers to the ability one has to perceive what surrounds the individual and being able to process that information and give it a meaning.

Cognition has main processes, amongst others:

• Attention: being able to focus on a specific thing at a time.
• Perception: the personal way one interprets his/her surroundings.
• Language: the main form of communication with others.
• Reasoning and problem solving: being able to think critically and use that way of thinking to solve issues.

In general terms, cognition encompasses internal processes such as perceiving, interpreting, remembering, believing, judging, deciding and anticipating thoughts and processes.