Finally, if the underlying choice mechanism is based on fully developed diagnostic reasoning, the macaques should apply this skill flexibly and generalise it to other cause effect relationships, for instance if a reward is hidden under a hollow cup instead of a board.
Learning ability includes a substantial cognitive component but also the motivation to pick up new knowledge and skills fast and flexibly.
They lack the capital, land, tools and skills needed to flexibly shift from wage employment to production for their own use.
Since any map would only be briefly relevant, it makes more sense to educate and inform explorers, providing knowledge and skills which can be used flexibly and contextually to navigate the shifting terrain.
Later investigators emphasized the importance of flexibly organized groups, leadership skills, and job satisfaction based on less tangible rewards than salary alone.
They earned higher grades at the end of the year in certain areas (notably for social and emotional development), and they showed improvement in the ability to think flexibly and delay gratification, skills that have been linked to health and success later in life.
Humans have a remarkable capacity to learn and adapt, but surprisingly little research has demonstrated generalized learning in which new skills and strategies can be used flexibly across a range of tasks and contexts.
The vocal declamation in later scenes demonstrates great skill in a style that modulates flexibly from dramatic recitative to arioso.
Thinking flexibly is a valuable skill because it allows you to get out of a "thinking rut" in order to come up with a whole new idea.
The final three knowledge and skill sets provide the background required to flexibly apply the underpinning theoretical concepts and evidence-based techniques to facilitate behaviour change.
What poor countries need is lots of people, trained flexibly and quickly, at lower levels of skill, he says.
