Cognition is the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Sensory memory is not a type of memory, but rather a brief storage of sensory information.

Attention is the process of paying attention to and selecting relevant information from the environment.

Alternating attention is not a type of attention, but rather a strategy for managing attention between different tasks.

Encoding is the process of organizing and storing information in memory.

Elaborative encoding is not a type of encoding, but rather a strategy for improving memory.

Retrieval is the process of accessing and using information from memory.

Relearning is not a type of retrieval, but rather a process of learning information again.

Forgetting is the process of forgetting information from memory.

Repression is not a type of forgetting, but rather a defense mechanism.

Thinking is the process of making decisions and solving problems.

Creative thinking is not a type of thinking, but rather a skill that can be used in thinking.

Imagination is the process of forming mental representations of the world.

Olfactory imagery is not a type of imagination, but rather a sense.

Language is the process of using language to communicate and express thoughts and ideas.