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The Problem of the Use of Cognitive Constructs and Cognitive Terminology

A Critical Analysis Exemplified by the Construct of ‘Learned Helplessness’

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Foundations of Cognitive Therapy

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In his textbook Cognitive Psychology, Neisser (1974) includes under the term cognition

all those processes, through which sensory input is transformed, reduced, processed, stored, called forth again, and finally used.... [The concept of cognition] refers to these processes even when they take place without the existence of corresponding stimulation, as in the case of images and hallucinations. Concepts such as sensation, perception, image, retention, memory, problem solving, and thinking, along with many others, refer to hypothetical stages or aspects of cognition.... One can say that cognition participates in everything that a human being can do. (p. 19)

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Krautzig, E., Linden, M. (1984). The Problem of the Use of Cognitive Constructs and Cognitive Terminology. In: Hoffman, N. (eds) Foundations of Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2641-0_9

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