"is a general term that refers to awareness and thinking, as well as to specific mental acts such as perceiving, attending to, interpreting, remembering, believing, judging, deciding, and anticipating."

Cognition is the general term.

Explanation:

Cognition is the ability one has as a human being of processing, thinking and having a general perception of the external and internal world.

It refers to the ability one has to perceive what surrounds the individual and being able to process that information and give it a meaning.

Cognition has main processes, amongst others:

In general terms, cognition encompasses internal processes such as perceiving, interpreting, remembering, believing, judging, deciding and anticipating thoughts and processes.