higher cognitive process cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use
free association a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence
mental synthesis,
construction drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"
line of thought a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group
train of thought,
thread the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together; "I couldn't follow his train of thought"; "he lost the thread of his argument"
problem solving the thought processes involved in solving a problem
convergent thinking thinking that brings together information focussed on solving a problem (especially solving problems that have a single correct solution)
