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?
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.
