- Being aware of one's own thought processes.
- Very closely related to meta-knowledge (see below).
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- Projection onto others (get out of your own head!),
- Empathy, and the "teacher's mind".
- Have I overlooked something obvious?
- Have I considered all the possibilities?
- Have I used too little or too much soft focus or hard focus?
- Do I have the right approach?
- Am I aware of the big picture / small picture?
- Is my approach too general or too specific?
- What is the context? What are the implicit assumptions?
- Which modality and paradigm are best suited for this?
- Did I take a shortcut? If so, why?
- I know it works, but why / how?
- Is my approach necessary, or contingent (just happens to work)?
- Can I explain / teach this to someone else?
- Do others think about this differently than I do?