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Why g matters: The complexity of everyday life

Linda S. Gottfredson
- 01 Jan 1997 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 1, pp 79-132
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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.
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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.

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