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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 Expression"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the construction of logically sound arguments (Structuring an Argument) from the use of stylistic and persuasive language to influence an audience (Rhetorical Technique).
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From: "Rhetorical Technique"
Split Justification: This split distinguishes rhetorical techniques that primarily appeal to reason and clarity (such as explanatory analogies) from those that appeal to emotion, character, and authority (such as ethos and pathos).
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From: "Ethos/Pathos Appeals"
Split Justification: The parent node explicitly references two distinct rhetorical appeals. This split separates these two fundamental and individually significant appeals, which differ in their focus (speaker's character/credibility vs. audience's emotions) and are mutually exclusive in their primary mechanism, while together comprehensively covering the scope of the parent concept.
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From: "Ethos Appeals"
Split Justification: This dichotomy distinguishes between the credibility a speaker possesses due to their pre-existing reputation, status, or established expertise (Reputational Ethos) and the credibility they actively build or reinforce through their conduct, sincerity, knowledge, and demeanor during the communication act itself (Demonstrated Ethos). Together, these two aspects comprehensively cover the sources of a speaker's ethical appeal.
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From: "Reputational Ethos"
Split Justification: Reputational ethos, as a pre-existing form of credibility, is primarily derived from two distinct components: the individual's recognized competence, expertise, and track record (Established Authority) and their perceived moral standing, integrity, and trustworthiness (Perceived Character). These two aspects, while often intertwined in practice, represent distinct foundations of an individual's public image and rhetorical appeal.
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From: "Perceived Character"
Split Justification: Perceived character is fundamentally understood through a combination of the stable qualities or traits an audience attributes to an individual (perceived attributes) and the specific actions or patterns of conduct an audience observes or learns about (perceived behaviors). These two aspects represent distinct but complementary ways in which character manifests and is interpreted by others.
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From: "Perceived Attributes"
Split Justification: This split differentiates between attributes related to an individual's perceived abilities, skills, and effectiveness (competencies) versus those related to their perceived character, moral standing, values, and intentions (dispositional traits). Both categories of perceived attributes fundamentally contribute to an individual's Perceived Character and Reputational Ethos, yet they are distinct in their focus, covering what a person *can do* versus *who* a person is.
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Topic: "Perceived Dispositional Traits" (W6775)