Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life
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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.About:
This article is published in Intelligence.The article was published on 1997-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1300 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Everyday life & Cognitive complexity.read more
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How general is cognitive ability in non-human animals? A meta-analytical and multi-level reanalysis approach
Marc-Antoine Poirier,Dovid Y. Kozlovsky,Dovid Y. Kozlovsky,Julie Morand-Ferron,Vincent Careau +4 more
TL;DR: It is argued that dimensionality reduction, when incorrectly applied, can lead to spurious results and limit the understanding of ecological and evolutionary causes of variation in animal cognition, and stimulates the use of alternative tools in the study of cognition and its evolution in animals.
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Deliberative and Spontaneous Cognitive Processes Associated with HIV Risk Behavior
TL;DR: In a novel finding, the accessibility of spontaneous safe sex-related associations was significantly more predictive of condom use among men with higher working memory capacity thanamong men with lower capacity.
When women win: prominent leadership traits that contributed to the successful election of women in California
TL;DR: The authors identified prominent leadership traits that contributed to women's successful election in California and discovered how intelligence, selfconfidence, determination, integrity, and sociability contribute to California women's success.
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Extending and testing Tom Bouchard’s Experience Producing Drive Theory
Wendy Johnson,Wendy Johnson +1 more
TL;DR: The Experience Producing Drive Theory (EPDT) as discussed by the authors describes how recently emerging understandings of gene-environment interplay and behavioral genetic methodology can be used to extend and test this important theory.
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How meritocratic is the United States
TL;DR: The authors argues that a meritocracy exists to the extent that economically valued positions are allocated on the basis of educational attainment and performance, cognitive ability, and general personal dispositions like conscientiousness.
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