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A simple exponential curve that represents this accelerating change phenomenon could be modeled by a doubling function. This fast rate of knowledge doubling leads up to the basic proposed hypothesis of the technological singularity: the rate at which technology progression surpasses human biological evolution.
The learning curve may refer to a specific task or a body of knowledge. Hermann Ebbinghaus first described the learning curve in 1885 in the field of the psychology of learning, although the name did not come into use until 1903. [4] [5] In 1936 Theodore Paul Wright described the effect of learning on production costs in the aircraft industry. [6]
An example of experience curve effects: Swanson's law states that solar module prices have dropped about 20% for each doubling of installed capacity. [1] [2]In industry, models of the learning or experience curve effect express the relationship between experience producing a good and the efficiency of that production, specifically, efficiency gains that follow investment in the effort.
Some researchers include a metacognitive component in their definition. In this view, the Dunning–Kruger effect is the thesis that those who are incompetent in a given area tend to be ignorant of their incompetence, i.e., they lack the metacognitive ability to become aware of their incompetence.
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SECI model of knowledge dimensions – Model of knowledge creation; Solution-focused brief therapy – Goal-directed approach to psychotherapy; Theory of multiple intelligences – Pseudoscientific theory of multiple types of human intelligence; Transtheoretical model, also known as Stages of change – Integrative theory of therapy
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