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  • George S. Klein

    …fall into two general categories: levelers, who perceive similarities between things and overlook differences, and sharpeners, who see contrasts and maintain a high level of awareness of differences between stimuli. In 1951 Klein and Herbert J. Schlesinger introduced the term cognitive style to refer to the combination of several cognitive…

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    …fall into two general categories: levelers, who perceive similarities between things and overlook differences, and sharpeners, who see contrasts and maintain a high level of awareness of differences between stimuli. In 1951 Klein and Herbert J. Schlesinger introduced the term cognitive style to refer to the combination of several cognitive…

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