There is a specialty in the basic experimental area of psychology that emphasizes reasoning, thinking, and the mental processes associated with perception, language, and problem solving. what is this area called?
a. sociocultural psychology
b. neuroscience
c. cognitive psychology
d. social learning theory

c. Cognitive Psychology

Explanation:

Cognitive Psychology -

It is the study of the mental process like thinking , creativity , memory and language , is referred to as Cognitive Psychology.

It helps to determine how the people think and by what method the system of the memory work.

Hence, from the given description of the question, the correct term out of the given options is Cognitive Psychology.  

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