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The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes

There are many different theories of intelligence. Although these theories differ in their nuances, nearly all agree that there are multiple cognitive abilities and that they differ in the breadth of content they are typically associated with. There is much less agreement about the relative importan...

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Main Authors: Lang, Jonas, Kell, Harrison J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
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BF1-990
general cognitive ability
second stratum abilities
narrow abilities
cognitive abilities
ability tilt
identification
occupational attainment
scholastic performance
longevity
non-g residuals
specific abilities
higher-order factor model
bifactor model
intelligence
general intelligence (g)
specific factors
academic achievement
hierarchical factor model
educational attainment
nested-factor models
ability differentiation
general abilities
relative importance
relative importance analysis
bifactor(S-1) model
subscores
g-factor
school grades
non-g factors
nested-factors model
general mental ability
cognitive tests
specific cognitive abilities
curvilinear relations
specific ability
situational specificity
predictor-criterion bandwidth alignment
job performance
health
machine learning
academic performance
general factor
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JM Psychology
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