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

• Kaituhi matua: Lang, Jonas (auth)
• Ētahi atu kaituhi: Kell, Harrison J. (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Ngā marau: Psychology; 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
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...