Cognitie thinking also called as cognition. It is a mental process consist of acquiring, processing, storing and using the information.
So, normally, when a thought comes, it gets unnoticed. But in cognitive thinking, ones thought comes, it goes through various mental processess like perception, memory, attention, reasoning, learning, problem solving etc.
This type of thinkiing lead to gain knowledge is called cognitive thinking. It involves various mental process that brain use to process it.
Basic Cognitive Skills
There are some skills that a person uses while cognitive thinking are,
- Attention
- Perception (Interpretation)
- Memmory
- Learning through experience
- Reasoning
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Language
- Executive functions
So, this all functions take place in the brain while doing the cognitive thinking. Example, like first understand, processed, give logics, reasons and the n take an decision etc.
There are two type of thinking lower order and higher order thinking. Lower order deals with remember, understand, apply basic facts. Higher order deals with analyze, evaluate and create new ideas.
Uses/ Advantages of Cognitive thinking
- It helps to learn more deeply
- Helps to take a better decisions
- To solve complex problems
- To think creatively and crtically
- To understand difficult issues
Examples
When a person cross the road, a person use cognitive skills and thought process, like You check for light, car and traffic, uses attention, perception, memmory and decision making skills to take decisions.
If you lost your mobile phone then, person first realize, understands, then search for last places where the mobile is put. It use skills like attention, memmory, reasoning and problem solving skills.