On the Composition of Human Congnition

Visuality: The ability to understand visual elements and apply them to onself.

— On the Composition of Human Cognition, by Albert Cattel

On the Composition of Human Congnition, by Albert Cattel, is a paper on his proposed '14 elements of the mind'.
During his research, Cattel had come across various personalities and traits and decided to crystallise them into these 'elements', as he calls them.
These proposed elements are

• Abstraction
• Creativity
• Emotion
• Introspection
• Knowledge
• Malleability
• Memory
• Morality
• Risk
• Sociability
• Spaciality
• Spirituality
• Verbosity
• Visuality

It has been observed that many if not all of these elements may be used to describe all manner of things, such as the properties of a landscape, a dish or an organisation.

Document Structure

Clauses

There are 16 chapters excluding the introduction, starting with his theses and how he came by it, a chapter for each individual 'element' subdivided into definition, examples, occurrence and conclusion, and a final, sweeping conclusion that ends the book.

Publication Status

The document has been published and is highly popular, with readers outside of psychology taking principles and applying them to their work or lives.

Type

Study, Scientific

Medium

Paper