| A | B |
|---|
| automatization | process by which familiar mental activities become routine |
| reversibility | the idea that a transformation process can be undone to restore the original conditions |
| conventional | moral reasoning in which the individual considers social standards and laws to be primary |
| identity | the idea that certain characteristics of an object remain the same even when other characteristics change |
| information processing | developmental perspective that conceives of cognitive development as the result of changes in the processing and analysis of information |
| selective attention | the ability to screen out distractions and concentrate on relevant information. |
| retrieval | accessing previously learned information |
| storage | holding information in memory |
| metacognition | the ability to evaluate a cognitive task and to monitor one's performance on it |
| immersion | an educational technique in which instruction occurs entirely in the second language |
| postconventional | moral reasoning in which the individual follows principles that supersede the standard of society |
| preconventional | moral reasoning in which the individual focuses on his or her own welfare |
