One surprising thing I've learned from having kids is how deep completism runs in humans. (All toy companies know this.)
The adjudication of membership, too, becomes an urgent project. Subtle edge cases make precise membership criteria highly salient.
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A child with strong completist tendencies is also likely to be (or to become) a passionate "rules lawyer." Rules define membership.
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The evolutionary value of a knack for abstraction and precision may not be so obvious as that of, say, acute vision. But still.
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