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cognitive psychology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: psychology, psychological science

Narrower terms: memory, problem solving, psycholinguistics

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: koqnitiv psixologiya — branch of psychology
  • Bulgarian: когнитивна психология (kognitivna psihologija) — branch of psychology
  • Catalan: psicologia cognitiva — branch of psychology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 認知心理學 /认知心理学 (rènzhī xīnlǐxué) — branch of psychology
  • Czech: kognitivní psychologie — branch of psychology
  • Danish: kognitionspsykologi — branch of psychology
  • Dutch: cognitieve psychologie — branch of psychology
  • Finnish: kognitiivinen psykologia — branch of psychology
  • French: psychologie cognitive — branch of psychology
  • German: Kognitionspsychologie — branch of psychology
  • German: Kognitive Psychologie — branch of psychology
  • Greek: γνωστική ψυχολογία (gnostikí psychología) — branch of psychology
  • Hebrew: פסיכולוגיה קוגניטיבית — branch of psychology
  • Hungarian: kognitív pszichológia — branch of psychology
  • Icelandic: hugræn sálfræði — branch of psychology
  • Indonesian: psikologi kognitif — branch of psychology
  • Italian: psicologia cognitiva — branch of psychology
  • Japanese: 認知心理学 (ninchi shinrigaku) — branch of psychology
  • Korean: 인지심리학 (injisimnihak) — branch of psychology
  • Latvian: kognitīvā psiholoģija — branch of psychology
  • Lithuanian: pažinimo psichologija — branch of psychology
  • Lithuanian: kognicinė psichologija — branch of psychology
  • Lithuanian: kognityvinė psichologija — branch of psychology
  • Norwegian: kognitiv psykologi — branch of psychology
  • Polish: psychologia poznawcza — branch of psychology
  • Portuguese: psicologia cognitiva — branch of psychology
  • Romanian: psihologie cognitivă — branch of psychology
  • Russian: когнити́вная психоло́гия (kognitívnaja psixológija) — branch of psychology
  • Serbo-Croatian: когнитивна психологија — branch of psychology
  • Serbo-Croatian: kognitivna psihologija — branch of psychology
  • Slovak: kognitívna psychológia — branch of psychology
  • Slovak: poznávacia psychológia — branch of psychology
  • Slovene: kognitivna psihologija — branch of psychology
  • Spanish: psicología cognitiva — branch of psychology
  • Swedish: kognitiv psykologi — branch of psychology
  • Tagalog: sikolohiyang kognitibo — branch of psychology
  • Turkish: bilişsel psikoloji — branch of psychology
  • Ukrainian: когніти́вна психоло́гія (kohnitývna psyxolóhija) — branch of psychology