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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "Internal World (The Self)"
Split Justification: The Internal World involves both mental processes (**Cognitive Sphere**) and physical experiences (**Somatic Sphere**). (Ref: Mind-Body Distinction)
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From: "Cognitive Sphere"
Split Justification: Cognition operates via deliberate, logical steps (**Analytical Processing**) and faster, intuitive pattern-matching (**Intuitive/Associative Processing**). (Ref: Dual Process Theory)
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From: "Analytical Processing"
Split Justification: Analytical thought engages distinct symbolic systems: abstract logic and mathematics (**Quantitative/Logical Reasoning**) versus structured language (**Linguistic/Verbal Reasoning**).
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From: "Linguistic/Verbal Reasoning"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the receptive aspects of linguistic reasoning, involving the understanding and interpretation of spoken or written language, from the expressive aspects, which involve the formulation and production of spoken or written language. These are distinct, fundamental processes that together encompass all facets of verbal reasoning.
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From: "Verbal Comprehension"
Split Justification: This split distinguishes between understanding the explicit, directly stated meaning of verbal information and understanding the unstated, implied, or deeper meaning that requires synthesis and deduction. These represent distinct levels of cognitive processing within overall verbal comprehension.
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From: "Inferential Comprehension"
Split Justification: This split divides inference into understanding unstated social meaning and intent (Pragmatic & Discourse Inference) and evaluating the structural soundness of an argument (Logical Analysis).
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From: "Logical Analysis"
Split Justification: Logical analysis operates by deriving specific certainties from general principles (Deductive Reasoning) or by forming probable generalizations from specific observations (Inductive Reasoning).
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From: "Inductive Reasoning"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates inductive reasoning into two fundamental forms: "Inductive Generalization" focuses on the process of forming general rules, categories, or principles from specific observations. "Inductive Explanation and Prediction" encompasses inferring causal relationships, developing explanatory hypotheses, and anticipating future events based on observed patterns and correlations. These two categories represent distinct cognitive goals of inductive reasoning, are largely mutually exclusive in their primary output, and together comprehensively cover the scope of inductive thought.
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From: "Inductive Explanation and Prediction"
Split Justification: This split distinguishes between the two primary applications of inductive reasoning specified in the parent node: understanding existing phenomena through pattern recognition (explanation) and forecasting future or unknown phenomena based on identified patterns (prediction). These represent distinct cognitive goals and temporal orientations (past/present vs. future).
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From: "Inductive Prediction"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates inductive predictions based on whether they concern a future occurrence, state, or trend, versus the identification of unobserved characteristics, properties, or categories of an entity at a given time.
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From: "Unobserved Attribute or Classification Prediction"
Split Justification: This dichotomy differentiates between predicting a specific value that exists along a continuum or scale (e.g., a numerical quantity, a degree of an attribute, a precise state) and predicting which distinct, unordered category or group an entity belongs to (e.g., a type, a class, a nominal attribute value). The former focuses on magnitude or precise state, while the latter focuses on type or identity, representing fundamental differences in the nature of the predicted outcome.
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Topic: "Graduated or Scalar Value Prediction" (W6119)