Domain specificity
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Domain specificity is a theoretical position in cognitive science (especially modern cognitive development) that argues that many aspects of cognition are supported by specialized, presumably evolutionarily specified, learning devices. The position is a close relative of modularity of mind, but is considered more general in that it does not necessarily entail all the assumptions of Fodorian modularity (e.g., informational encapsulation). Instead, it is properly described as a variant of psychological nativism. Other cognitive scientists also hold the mind to be modular, without the modules necessarily possessing the characteristics of Fodorian modularity.
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See also
- Connectionism
- Domain-specificity vs. domain-generality in evolutionary developmental psychology
- Empiricism
- Modularity of mind
- Nature versus nurture
- Neural processing for individual categories of objects
- Psychological nativism
- Psychology of reasoning
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