cognitive psychology

noun

the branch of psychology studying the mental processes involved in perception, learning, memory, and reasoning.

Origin of cognitive psychology

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby cognitive psychology

cognitive dissonance, cognitive ethology, cognitive impairment, cognitive laterality quotient, cognitive map, cognitive psychology, cognitive radio, cognitive science, cognitive therapy, cognitivism, cognizable

British Dictionary definitions for cognitive psychology

cognitive psychology

noun

the psychological study of higher mental processes, including thinking and perception