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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The role of general cognitive ability and job performance: Why there cannot be a debate.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the theoretical basis for the empirical evidence linking general cognitive ability and job performance, and explain the why behind the empirical findings, which is critical to understanding and acceptance of these findings.
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Genetic foundations of human intelligence.
TL;DR: The human intelligence phenotype is described, the evidence for its heritability is summarized, an overview of and comment on molecular genetic studies are provided, and future progress in the field is commented on.
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The education effect on population health: a reassessment.
TL;DR: To address the effect of education on health in general, a schooling-cognition hypothesis about the influence of education as a powerful determinant of health is developed in light of new multidisciplinary cognitive research.
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The relationship between academic and practical intelligence : a case study in Kenya
Robert J. Sternberg,Catherine Nokes,P. Wenzel Geissler,Ruth J. Prince,Frederick Okatcha,Donald A. P. Bundy,Donald A. P. Bundy,Elena L. Grigorenko,Elena L. Grigorenko +8 more
TL;DR: The authors found that scores on the test of tacit knowledge correlated trivially or significantly negatively with measures of academic intelligence and achievement, even after controlling for socioeconomic status (SES), suggesting that time spent developing academic skills may be perceived as taking away from time that needs to be spent developing practical skills and vice versa.
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