Cognition

1. Dysregulation

1.1. Inappropriate levels of control over emotional experience, expression, physiology, or behavior

2. Cognitive adaptability

2.1. Defined as the ability to be dynamic, flexible, and self-regulating in changing environments

3. Self-affirmation

3.1. The recognition and assertion of the existence and value of one's individual self.

3.2. on how individuals adapt to information or experiences that are threatening to their self-concept.

4. Processing definition

4.1. A systematic series of actions directed to some end

5. mentalese

5.1. a single language of the mind

5.2. In the glossary of his book, Pinker defines 'mentalese' as follows: “The hypothetical language of thought, or representation of concepts and propositions in the brain, in which ideas, including the meanings of words and sentences, are couched.”

6. Cognitivism

6.1. Is a theoretical framework for understanding the mind that gained credence in the 1950s. The movement was a response to behaviorism, which cognitivists said neglected to explain cognition.