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Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity and thinking."

I wonder if learning is also a mental process that cognitive psychology studies, although it is not mentioned in Wikipedia? Thanks!

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Yes, cognitive psychology incorporates the study of learning. You can see this reflected in other sources that provide general descriptions of cognitive psychology, e.g.:

I'm not recommending these as especially definitive sources; these are just the other three of the first four hits for a Google search of "cognitive psychology learning".

However, cognitive perspectives on learning are not the only perspectives available in psychological theory (see also radical behaviorism).

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  • $\begingroup$ does learning belong to any of "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity and thinking"? $\endgroup$
    – Tim
    Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 4:14
  • $\begingroup$ It's distinct enough to deserve its own category, but it certainly involves most (if not all) of those. $\endgroup$
    – Nick Stauner
    Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 4:15
  • $\begingroup$ I'd even say this is actually a somewhat problematic omission on the part of Wikipedia...someone should probably fix that! $\endgroup$
    – Nick Stauner
    Commented Jan 24, 2014 at 5:37

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