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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Web- and Phone-Based Data Collection Using Planned Missing Designs
William Revelle,David M. Condon,Joshua A. Wilt,Jason A French,Ashley D. Brown,Lorien G. Elleman +5 more
TL;DR: This chapter reviews an alternative approach where each participant is intentionally given just a small subset of the items of interest but, with the power of basic psychometrics and sampling theory, are able to analyze the data as if far more items were presented.
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“Executive functions” cannot be distinguished from general intelligence: two variations on a single theme within a symphony of latent variance
TL;DR: The empirical foundation of executive control function (ECF) remains controversial as structural equation models (SEM) are employed to explicitly distinguish domain-specific variance in executive function (EF) performance from memory (MEM) and shared cognitive performance variance, i.e., Spearman's “g.”
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Intellectual functioning in children with early shunted posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Maureen Lacy,Benjamin Pyykkonen,Scott J. Hunter,Tien Do,Martin Oliveira,Emily Austria,Dawn Mottlow,Eric Larson,David M. Frim +8 more
TL;DR: Intellectual functioning in this selected group of children with hydrocephalus is normally distributed, yet significantly below that of nonaffected peers, implying a differential effect of etiology and treatment on intellectual function outcome in hydrocephalic children.
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Helping Disadvantaged and Spatially Talented Students Fulfill Their Potential Related and Neglected National Resources
Jonathan Wai,Frank C. Worrell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a policy focus on the financially disadvantaged and spatially talented learners would be an actionable and effective strategy to quick and effective strategies to quickly develop their talents.
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Levels-based leadership and hierarchical group decision optimization: A simulation
TL;DR: In this paper, the effectiveness of different styles of leadership is compared across a dynamic group decision-making optimization scenario, and group-based leadership is found to produce decisions that are closer to optimal than dyadic-based and individual-based leader styles.
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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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