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[missdaredevil]

I have general *cognition* of teaching English to children during the five years.


knowledge acquired?


Could anyone use it in a sentence?

thanks

[bud]

MsD, I don't think the word is used well in that sentence. Cognition is a word that is often used by psychologists, but not very often by others. It's more about the processes of knowing rather than knowledge itself.

In my opinion, this sentence means that the speaker has a growing awareness of having taught English to children for five years. Maybe he/she is recovering from amnesia?

A psychotherapist strives to understand a client's cognition in order to treat him effectively.

(I'm not 100% sure on this, though.)

[advoca]

Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.

It is a formal word and, as Bud said, you will not come across it very often in general speech or writing.

Here are some examples of sentences using the word.


Are happy people more likely to be cooperative and successful negotiators? The findings are discussed in terms of contemporary theories of affect and cognition.

Cognition was thought to be innate in cuckoos but it has been found that cuckoos raised in magpie�s nests could not recognise each other.

In recent years, several techniques have been developed to measure implicit social cognition. Despite their increased use, little attention has been devoted to their reliability and validity.