What is metacognition in Psychology?

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Keerthana Sundara Vadivel | Contributor-Level 10

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Metacognition is the understanding of your own thought processes. It is an awareness about yourself. In Metacognition you not dive deeper and try to understand the patterns behind your thought processes.

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