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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| description | 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 importance of cognitive abilities of differing generality for predicting important real-world outcomes, such as educational achievement, career success, job performance, and health. Some investigators believe that narrower abilities hold little predictive power once general abilities have been accounted for. Other investigators contend that specific abilities are often as—or even more—effective in forecasting many practical variables as general abilities. These disagreements often turn on differences of theory and methodology that are both subtle and complex. The five cutting-edge contributions in this volume, both empirical and theoretical, advance the conversation in this vigorous, and highly important, scientific debate. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-488772024-03-29T08:00:50Z The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes Lang, Jonas Kell, Harrison J. 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 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology 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 importance of cognitive abilities of differing generality for predicting important real-world outcomes, such as educational achievement, career success, job performance, and health. Some investigators believe that narrower abilities hold little predictive power once general abilities have been accounted for. Other investigators contend that specific abilities are often as—or even more—effective in forecasting many practical variables as general abilities. These disagreements often turn on differences of theory and methodology that are both subtle and complex. The five cutting-edge contributions in this volume, both empirical and theoretical, advance the conversation in this vigorous, and highly important, scientific debate. 2021-02-11T14:52:49Z 2021-02-11T14:52:49Z 2019-08-28 11:21:27 2019 book 35923 9783039211685 9783039211678 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48877 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/1446 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-03921-168-5 10.3390/books978-3-03921-168-5 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783039211685 9783039211678 108 open access |
| spellingShingle | 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 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology Lang, Jonas Kell, Harrison J. The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes |
| title | The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes |
| title_full | The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes |
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| title_short | The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes |
| title_sort | great debate general ability and specific abilities in the prediction of important outcomes |
| topic | 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 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
| topic_facet | 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 thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology |
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