cognitive style

n. A characteristic mode of processing information including perceiving, conscious reasoning, remembering, solving problems, and understanding the world in general. Numerous typologies of mind have been suggested, first by Carl Jung in 1923 and continuing to contemporary ideas such as field dependence/independence, cognitive complexity/simplicity, leveling/sharpening, reflectivity/impulsivity, tolerance/intolerance of ambiguity, and abstract/concrete thinking.