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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?

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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.

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