Question

When you reflect on what you were reading in your history book and question how much of that information you remember or think is accurate, you are engaging in _____, which is our ability to think about our thinking processes?

Answer 1

The correct answer is metacognition or the process of 'thinking about thinking'. The term comes from the root word meta, meaning "beyond". Is it a part of our cognitive development. The term metacognition was first defined by American developmental psychologist John H. Flavell. It can also mean the control of cognition.