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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Grit: Perseverance and Passion for Long-Term Goals
TL;DR: Grit demonstrated incremental predictive validity of success measures over and beyond IQ and conscientiousness, suggesting that the achievement of difficult goals entails not only talent but also the sustained and focused application of talent over time.
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Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the implica- tions of individual differences in performance for each of the four explanations of the normative/descriptive gap, including performance errors, computational limitations, the wrong norm being applied by the experi- menter, and a different construal of the task by the subject.
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The g Factor: The Science of Mental Ability
TL;DR: A pesar de la relativamente corta historia de la Psicologia como ciencia, existen pocos constructos psicologicos que perduren 90 anos despues de their formulación and continuen plenamente vigentes in la actualidad as mentioned in this paper.
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Human cognitive abilities: A survey of factor analytic studies
TL;DR: A survey of factor analytic studies of human cognitive abilities can be found in this paper, with a focus on the role of factor analysis in human cognitive ability evaluation and cognition. But this survey is limited.
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Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory
TL;DR: It is concluded that it is possible to improve Gf without practicing the testing tasks themselves, opening a wide range of applications.
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The IQ Controversy, the Media and Public Policy
Mark Snyderman,Stanley Rothman +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that despite the common understanding to the contrary, most experts continue to believe that intelligence can be measured and that genetic endowment plays an important role in IQ, and the public's view of the IQ controversy has been shaped by inaccurate media coverage; and more importantly by changes in the nature of American liberalism as well as the key role of civil rights issues in American life.
Utility Analysis for Decisions in Human Resource Management
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Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
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Genetics and Intelligence: What's New?.
Robert Plomin,Stephen A. Petrill +1 more
TL;DR: Advances in molecular genetics have led to the dawn of a new era for genetic research that makes it possible to identify specific genes responsible for genetic influence on cognitive abilities and disabilities.