L
Linda S. Gottfredson
Researcher at University of Delaware
Publications - 74
Citations - 9095
Linda S. Gottfredson is an academic researcher from University of Delaware. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vocational education & Test validity. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 74 publications receiving 8594 citations. Previous affiliations of Linda S. Gottfredson include Johns Hopkins University & University of Maryland, College Park.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Circumscription and Compromise: A Developmental Theory of Occupational Aspirations.
Journal ArticleDOI
Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide evidence that intelligence has pervasive utility in work settings because it is essentially the ability to deal with cognitive complexity, in particular, with complex information processing, and the more complex a work task, the greater the advantages that higher g confers in performing it well.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mainstream science on intelligence: An editorial with 52 signatories, history, and bibliography
TL;DR: In this article, the authors outline conclusions regarded as mainstream among researchers on intelligence, in particular, on the nature, origins, and practical consequences of individual and group differences in intelligence, and promote more reasoned discussion of the vexing phenomenon that the research has revealed in recent decades.
Journal ArticleDOI
Intelligence Predicts Health and Longevity, but Why?
TL;DR: The authors found that intelligence in childhood predicts substantial differences in adult morbidity and mortality, including deaths from cancers and cardiovascular diseases, and that intelligence enhances individuals' care of their own health because it represents learning, reasoning and problem-solving skills useful in preventing chronic disease and accidental injury and in adhering to complex treatment regimens.
Journal ArticleDOI
Intelligence: Is It the Epidemiologists' Elusive "Fundamental Cause" of Social Class Inequalities in Health?
TL;DR: Various bodies of evidence are concatenated to demonstrate that differences in general intelligence (g) may be that fundamental cause of health inequalities.