Noun

recognition

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  1. the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized
    He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
  2. an awareness that something observed has been observed before
  3. acceptance as valid or true
    The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
  4. official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
  5. honour, favourable note, or attention
    The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.

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Mon Aug 3 04:20:11 2009

Recognition is one of the three basic memory tasks. It involves objects or events that have been encountered before.

Recognition (re+cognition) is a process that occurs in thinking when some event, process, pattern, or object recurs; a knowledge or feeling that someone or something present has been encountered before. Coming from the base cognition; cognition has various uses in different fields of study and has generally accepted to be used for the process of awareness or thought.

In psychology, cognition is used for information processing view of a person's psychological functions. This takes place as we process the stimuli with previous memories and experiences and find relationships between the current stimuli and our memories.

Thus, in order for something to be recognized, it must be familiar. This recurrence allows the recognizer to more properly react, survival value. Recognition is a survival mechanism. Humans and animals will recognize certain foods, which are poisonous through taste, as they have tasted them before. This works also for sounds and alarms, which we are trained to react to such as fire alarms.

Without we would go through life reliving everything without learning from the past. Experiences would be pointless, as they would not be remembered.

Recognition is the easiest of the memory tasks. Thats is why multiple-choice tests are often considered easier than other tests. In multiple-choice tests, you only need to recognize the right answer. You do not have to come up with the answer on your own. Recognition uses the memories we have in place to help with the situation, which the person(s) is going through in the present. When the recognizer has correctly responded, this is a measure of understanding.

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Dalai Lama named honorary citizen of WarsawWARSAW, Poland The Dalai Lama has been named an honorary citizen of Warsaw in . recognition. of his campaign for Tibet's autonomy.

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How to write formal letters to trade recognition ( migrating to australia)?
Q. I need some help, how to write nice and formal letters to trade recognition. Letters i need to write are detailed job descriptions from employers behalf ( 4 ) different employers. I find it extremely difficult of writing 4 detailed job discriptions with same contents, yet totally different... If anybody has done this already i would appreciate of your help and tips to pass that trade recognition test !
Asked by Mr. t - Thu Nov 8 03:16:18 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. 1 Your address, but not your name, usually goes in the top right hand corner. You would not usually include your telephone number or email address here, but this would be permissible. 2 The name and address of the person you re writing to goes below this, on the left. If you don t have a specific name, always at least try to put some sort of title. You should always, however, address the letter to a particular person if at all possible. 3 The position of the date is more flexible. It can go on the left or the right, usually below the addressee details. The format of the date is also flexible; it could be written 5 April 2003, 5th April 2003, 5/4/03 or 05/04/03. Avoid putting the day and month the other way round. 4 The salutation at the… [cont.]
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Where is a good place to buy an 8th grade recognition dress at the MOA?
Q. I need to find a dress for my upcoming 8th grade recognition. I am going to look somewhere at the Mall of America but I need some ideas of good places to find some. Thanks!
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A. Try: ARDEN B. They're in the Wet Seal family but marketed for an older crowd. Still, you can find cute dresses in smaller sizes there. wet seal has some tacky dresses, but some of their cocktail dresses are super cute. DEB, RAINBOW, 5-7-9, dELIA*S, charlotte ruse same as above, pretty much. forever 21 Guaranteed to have something you'll like. Still, many people go here, at least where I love, for their dresses so stay away if you want something unique. Depending on how formal, you can also try Glitz! and Jessica McClintock.
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How do I work the Exilim EX-S10 Face Recognition?
Q. I bought the Casio Exilim EX-S10 camera and it has Face Recognition. There is a place where I can record family faces but everytime I click to record their faces, it says "Recognition Failed!". Also, when I take pictures (while the recognition is turned on) it doesn't put the white box around faces. If it does, it will only be up for about 2 seconds. Anyone know how to help? Thanks in advance!
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A. I bet there are some hints in your manual.
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