What is the Fundamental Process of Thinking?

Thought (also called thinking): the mental process in which beings form psychological associations and models of the world. Thinking is manipulating information, as when we form concepts, engage in problem solving, reason and make decisions.

Thought, the act of thinking, produces thoughts. A thought may be an idea, an image, a sound or even an emotional feeling that arises from the brain. Thought (or thinking) can be described as all of the following procedure. An activity taking place in a brain as it's an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals (only a few invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, adult sea squirts and starfish do not have a brain). It is the physical structure associated with the mind. The mind abstract entity with the cognitive faculties of consciousness, perception, thinking, judgment, and memory. Having a mind is a characteristic of living creatures. Activities taking place in a mind are called mental processes or cognitive functions. The process of change may be illustrated with the following phenomenon. When people try to change, they usually keep track of their progress by monitoring the behavior or emotions they want to change, and will often expect steady and continuous improvement. If that behavior or emotion pops up again, they will think they’ve relapsed. Their conclusion is that they have made no progress at all, or worse, that they’ve failed. That progress is steady and continuous is an unrealistic view of how change takes place, and can work against achieving our goal of improvement.  We might think that we’ve failed, and that may lead us to give up trying. We can also come away with a sense of powerlessness, thinking that change isn’t possible, and we’re destined to live with our problems forever. It’s more realistic to think about improvement in your relationship as an up and down process. That is, there will be some movement upward, then downward, then upward, etc., and there will always be some sliding back. When we accept the reality as to how change progresses, we take some of the pressure off of ourselves and our partner when we’re not as far along as we want to be, and we’re less likely to give up trying. Unfortunately, changing habits takes planning, thinking, a lot of effort, and most importantly, perseverance. Habits have staying power, and to combat their persistence, we need to come up with a plan and stick with it through all of the ups and downs.

By: Anuja Arora

Content: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181108142443.htm