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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: "Pragmatic & Discourse Inference"
Split Justification: This split distinguishes between inferring meaning from social context and speaker intent (Social & Intentional Inference) and inferring meaning from the logical and structural connections within the text itself (Coherence & Structural Inference).
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From: "Social & Intentional Inference"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the process of inferring the internal cognitive and affective states (e.g., beliefs, desires, intentions) of individual agents from inferring the established norms, roles, relationships, and power dynamics that govern interactions within a social context or group.
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From: "Inference of Individual Mental States"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the process of inferring individual mental states based on directly observable cues (e.g., verbal statements, facial expressions, body language, actions) from the process of inferring them by applying the observer's internal cognitive models (e.g., theory of mind, social schemas), prior knowledge about the individual, and broader contextual information.
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From: "Inference from Observable Expressions"
Split Justification: This dichotomy distinguishes between inferring mental states based on the linguistic content (words, speech acts) and paralinguistic features (tone, pitch) of communication versus inferring mental states based on bodily cues, gestures, facial expressions, eye contact, and other non-linguistic behaviors.
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From: "Inference from Non-Verbal Expressions"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the non-verbal expressions based on the primary sensory modality through which they are perceived. Visual non-verbal cues encompass elements like facial expressions, body language, gestures, and proxemics. Auditory non-verbal cues refer to paralanguage, such as tone of voice, pitch, volume, and rate of speech. This split is fundamental, mutually exclusive (a cue is either seen or heard), and comprehensively covers the observable non-verbal expressions from which inferences about individual mental states are drawn.
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Topic: "Inference from Auditory Non-Verbal Cues" (W7207)