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Mar 14, 2017 - processes related to "information processing theories" necessitate such a view.) ...... inherently guides one to self-correction AS NEEDED: realize this and then see the ...... "Human Ethology and Development" Project AS "music to your ears". ...... An idiot could do better than that (with a good perspective).
NOTE: 44.PDF AND 45.PDF were not able to be translated into WORD; they are to be read first: 44.pdf, then 45.pdf . (44.pdf and 45.pdf are the major papers on “A Human Ethogram ...” and the big info.-processing paper, respectively.)

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Are the concepts of metacognition and executive processes good and are they necessary at all?

If one had a better assessment of animals' knowledge/representation/memory/experience would the concepts of metacognition and executive processes be necessary at all? Are those valid concepts? Asked in project: Human Ethology and Development (Ethogram Theory)

My own answer would be 'no' on both counts: not necessary and not good. You get a full sense of this if you read the 3 main papers (References) associated with the "Human Ethology and Development" Project: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Human-Ethology-and-Development

Dear Actually, I do not think there are good definitions of meta-cognition and executive processes; they appeared (historically) and appear now when the people trying to model cognition need something like this for their model (in good part, given the nature and constraints of the model); it has little to do with the actual behavior at hand. No particular clear, general behavior is behind the generation of the concept and it does not appear to be necessary in an account of behavior; it is quiet conceivable that just better assessment of the subject's knowledge, representation, memory, and experience could show the needed imagery or consciousness to yield the [(let's call it ->)] the further thinking [( The conventional is the necessary means for understanding the ultimate OVERT