Psychology 3130A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: General Idea, Analytic Reasoning, Birdwatching

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3130A/B
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Expert someone who is able to produce who is able to produce superior performance, achieve concrete results and is able to replicate that performance in a variety of circumstances. An expert is someone who has studied and practices in a specific domain until they have received a recognizable status in their field. Attending physician would be an expert in her area of specialization because she has attended medical school for several years, put in several years as an intern, a resident, and possibly in a fellowship after that. Attending physicians work in a hospital or clinic, admit patients, supervise other medical residents. By the time she has taken up a position as an attending physician at a hospital, she is likely to have accumulated at least a decade of extensive training and clinical experience. As a result, she is known in the filed as an expert.