Competence development

Complex form of learning involving the acquisition, consolidation, enhancement and/or differentiation of cognitive, emotional, social and motor skills and abilities, as strain-related consequence of an active engagement with a task Note 1 to entry: Competence development can have different facets, e.g. factual, methodological and/or social ones. Note 2 to entry: Competence development is a facilitating long-term effect of the exposure to mental stress (3.1.1).