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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kell, Harrison J., editor.

Lang, Jonas W.B., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Other Title:

Great Debate

Place of Publication:

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (MDPI WWW site, viewed June 04, 2020).

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ISBN:

3-03921-168-4

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access