When Discussing Learning Strategies and March's Open and Closed Styles

question 16

True/False

When discussing learning strategies and March's open and closed styles (exploration and exploitation modes of learning), March himself identified the tension between the two as a "balancing act between exploring new opportunities and exploiting old certainties."

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Definitions:

Anxious Temperament

A predisposition to respond to potential threats with increased anxiety, reflecting a stable trait rather than a momentary state.

Behavioural Inhibition

A temperament in early childhood that may be related to anxiety disorders later in life, characterized by profound avoidance of others in preschool, and atypical autonomic nervous system responses to novelty.

Anxiety Disorder

A mental health condition characterized by excessive fear or worry that interferes with daily activities.

Homotypic Continuity

An underlying (developmental) process or impairment may change, but the way it is manifested stays the same (e.g., the prediction of a disorder by the same disorder).