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(68) Their critiques of legal positivism's problems establishing the moral-political neutrality of concept formation, selection, and understanding have, in the least, not been completely rebutted.

DOWN THE METHODOLOGICAL RABBIT HOLE

Executive functions were similar across the three groups as assessed by their concept formation abilities (Categories Completed) and mental flexibility (Preservative Errors) on the WCST (F=0.44, df=2, p=0.65 and F=0.87, df=2 p=0.42, respectively).

Cognitive Functioning in Euthymic Bipolar Patients on Monotherapy with Novel Antipsychotics or Mood Stabilizers

Fluid Reasoning (Gf), is measured by the Concept Formation and AnalysisSynthesis subtests.

Validity comparison of the General Abilities Measure for Adults with the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities--Third Edition

"Putting typologies to work: Concept formation, measurement, and analytic rigour", Political Research Quarterly, Vol.65, No.1, pp.217-232

Systematizing internationalization policy in higher education: towards a typology

Chateau argues that "[t]his historical investigation, which bears on the concept formation of contemporary psychology, is interested in showing how the determination of these concepts ...

Gilbert Simondon: Two Lessons on Animal and Man

Much like the role played by a word in concept formation, the role of a currency name (denomination) in setting a monetary identity is a final yet indispensable requirement for clarity and certainty.

Regarding "The End of Central Banking, Part II"

Concept formation in human children has been subjected to extensive experimental study, with much focus on the interplay between concept acquisition and language acquisition.

Apes May Categorize Different Types of Animals

ERIC Descriptors: Chemistry; Fundamental Concepts; Scientific Concepts; Science Instruction; High School Students; Secondary School Science; Concept Formation; Interviews; Phenomenology

Representations of Fundamental Chemistry Concepts in Relation to the Particulate Nature of Matter

Chapter 3, "Preliminaries to Concept Formation," regards the "preconceptualization" stage of the uncanny which took place between 1919 and roughly the mid 60's" (49).

Masschelein, Anneleen. The Unconcept: The Freudian Uncanny in Late Twentieth Century Theory

To assess students' cognitive ability, we administered the brief intelligence cluster (verbal comprehension, visual matching, and concept formation) of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ-III) Cognitive Test (Woodcock, McGrew, & Mather, 2001).

Predicting first-grade reading performance from kindergarten response to Tier 1 instruction

In particular, it might have helped to fill out her account if she had mentioned other perspectives on concept formation. The most obvious one is Wittgenstein's examples of family resemblances, games, and ropes.

Lisa Zunshine. Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible: Cognition, Culture, Narrative