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The approach attempts to designate facets of each domain which are mutually exclusive: each characteristic is assigned to a single facet. are similar in scope: the distinctions between facets should be comparable. exhaust the domain: the collection of facets within a domain should cover the contents of that domain comprehensively.
Prominent examples of such domain-general views include Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, and the views of many modern connectionists. Proponents of domain specificity argue that domain-general learning mechanisms are unable to overcome the epistemological problems facing learners in many domains, especially language. In addition ...
For example, although gradual memory impairment is the hallmark feature of Alzheimer's disease, a systematic review of personality changes in Alzheimer's disease by Robins Wahlin and Byrne, published in 2011, found systematic and consistent trait changes mapped to the Big Five. The largest change observed was a decrease in conscientiousness.
Some researchers argue that examples of children learning second labels for objects, which violates the assumption of mutual exclusivity, is a telling sign that mutual exclusivity is not a significant constraint. Others have argued that documented use of mutual exclusivity being mostly exhibited by older children lessens the scope of the ...
The idea that individuals vary in their sensitivity to their environment was historically framed in diathesis-stress [4] or dual-risk terms. [5] These theories suggested that some "vulnerable" individuals, due to their biological, temperamental and/or physiological characteristics (i.e., "diathesis" or "risk 1"), are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of negative experiences (i.e., "stress ...
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For example, cultures that had more accurate bank clocks tended to score lower on conscientiousness in the Big Five personality scale. One explanation for this is the "reference group effect," whereby people in very conscientious cultures rate themselves lower because they perceive the people around them as very conscientious.