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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: "Literal Comprehension"
Split Justification: Literal comprehension, while aiming for the explicit meaning, is fundamentally processed through two distinct input modalities: visual (written language) and auditory (spoken language). The cognitive mechanisms for decoding and understanding orthographic symbols differ significantly from those for phonological sounds, making this a fundamental and mutually exclusive dichotomy that comprehensively covers all forms of verbal literal comprehension.
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From: "Literal Comprehension of Written Text"
Split Justification: This split differentiates between comprehending the explicit meaning of individual lexical items (words) and comprehending the explicit meaning derived from how these words are grammatically arranged within sentences to form propositions. Both are essential components of literal comprehension of written text, covering the basic units of meaning and their combinatorial rules.
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From: "Understanding of Vocabulary and Word Meanings"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the understanding of a word's explicit, formal meaning (its definition) from the understanding of how that word is used in various contexts, including its connotations, subtle implications, and appropriate application. Both are essential, distinct, and comprehensive aspects of understanding vocabulary.
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From: "Understanding of Word Definitions"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the ability to explicitly state or describe a word's definition (Formal Articulation) from the ability to accurately use or interpret that definition in various linguistic contexts (Contextual Application). While related, these are distinct cognitive skills; one can often articulate a definition without perfectly applying it, or apply a word correctly without being able to formally define it. Together, they comprehensively cover the understanding of what a word means.
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From: "Contextual Application of Word Definitions"
Split Justification: The contextual application of a word's definition requires assessing its literal, dictionary meaning (Denotative Application) as well as its implied emotional, cultural, or associative meanings (Connotative Application).
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From: "Denotative Application"
Split Justification: This division separates the active use of a word based on its literal meaning (Expressive Application) from the passive understanding of its literal meaning when used by others (Receptive Interpretation).
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Topic: "Receptive Interpretation" (W6663)