Third wave development expertise

Development of expertise

An expert is a person whose performance in a given domain is superior to that of the large majority of the population. Recursively, a super-expert is an expert whose performance is superior to that of the large majority of the expert population. The study of the development of expertise has been the province of psychology, but has also attracted interest in other fields such as biology, educati...

Plant genomics: the third wave.

Completing the primary genomic sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana was a major milestone, being the first plant genome and only the third high-quality finished eukaryotic genome sequence. Understanding how the genome sequence comprehensively encodes developmental programs and environmental responses is the next major challenge for all plant genome projects. This requires fully characterizing the g...

HAN Enters the Third Wave

Expertise Development in Clinical Psychology

This study intends to shed light on expertise development in clinical psychology during university studies and beyond. So far, 70 participants at different stages of training have taken part in the study, ranging from psychology undergraduates to expert therapists. All participants completed a computerbased questionnaire consisting of 3 parts: a knowledge test, open-format questions, and case s...

Is the Third Wave Over?

Since the overthrow of Portugal's dictatorial regime in April 1974, the number of democracies in the world has multiplied dramatically. Before the start of this global trend toward democracy, there were roughly 40 countries that could be classified as more or less democratic. The number increased moderately through the late 1970s and early 1980s as a number of states experienced transitions fro...