Divergence hypothesis

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The term divergence hypothesis means that the assumption is made that two or more facts would increasingly diverge over time (cf. divergence and hypothesis ).

economy

The term is used in economics . It describes, for example, a possible future further divergence in living conditions in poor and rich regions.

Pedagogy, psychology

The term “divergence hypothesis” is used here to describe asynchronous development and thus the occurrence of deficits in the areas of personality development and social behavior in the case of gifted people. "Light-and-shadow hypothesis" and "dysharmony hypothesis" are used synonymously here.

sociology

In this area she describes as an example the speculatively expected changes in the forms of society within the framework of globalization (e.g. capitalism ).

Individual evidence

  1. M. Carlberg: An interregional, multisectoral growth model, presented for the Federal Republic of Germany. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1978, ISBN 3-525-11277-7 , p. 18. (online)
  2. ^ KA Heller: Promotion of gifted students in high school. VS Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-8100-3667-6 , p. 64. (online)
  3. C. Cerbone: The cultural conditions of the production systems. GRIN Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-68492-7 , p. 3. (online)