Glossary

Cognition: the ability to receive, process and apply information, including such functions as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.


Reform: a preference for change in policies and practices that will, from this perspective, be the approach more likely to improve socio-economic conditions.

Resistance: a preference for the status quo or for a re-establishment of ultimately traditional former policies and practices that, from this perspective, are more likely to improve socio-economic conditions