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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Human Dev Capabil. 2016 Jul 22;17(3):342–359. doi: 10.1080/19452829.2016.1200541

Figure 4.

Figure 4

The Skill-Performance Relationship

Note: The figure shows the relationship among preferences, context, and incentives in determining the effort and skills applied in any task. Line (1) reflects the role of preferences in setting incentives for a given task. Line (2) reflects that preferences can be influenced by context, social, cultural, and otherwise. Line (3) represents that preferences can be considered a skill in many important life tasks, and the mischaracterizations that is implied by the skill-preference dichotomy.