Aligning Predictor-Criterion Bandwidths: Specific Abilities as Predictors of Specific Performance [PDF]
The purpose of the current study is to compare the extent to which general and specific abilities predict academic performances that are also varied in breadth (i.e., general performance and specific performance). The general and specific constructs were
Serena Wee
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The Great Debate: General Ability and Specific Abilities in the Prediction of Important Outcomes [PDF]
The relative value of specific versus general cognitive abilities for the prediction of practical outcomes has been debated since the inception of modern intelligence theorizing and testing.
Harrison J. Kell, Jonas W. B. Lang
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Commenting on the “Great Debate”: General Abilities, Specific Abilities, and the Tools of the Trade [PDF]
We review papers in the special issue regarding the great debate on general and specific abilities. Papers in the special issue either provided an empirical examination of the debate using a uniform dataset or they provided a debate commentary.
Margaret E. Beier +2 more
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How Specific Abilities Might Throw ‘g’ a Curve: An Idea on How to Capitalize on the Predictive Validity of Specific Cognitive Abilities [PDF]
School grades are still used by universities and employers for selection purposes. Thus, identifying determinants of school grades is important. Broadly, two predictor categories can be differentiated from an individual difference perspective: cognitive ...
Matthias Ziegler, Aaron Peikert
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Cognitive abilities are related to job performance. However, there is less agreement about the relative contribution of general versus specific cognitive abilities to job performance.
Khalid Almamari, Anne Traynor
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The genetics of specific cognitive abilities [PDF]
Abstract Most research on individual differences in performance on tests of cognitive ability focuses on general cognitive ability (g), the highest level in the three-level Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) hierarchical model of intelligence.
Francesca Procopio +6 more
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Exploring the Relationship between Cognitive Ability Tilt and Job Performance
Most of the work examining the relationship between intelligence and job performance has conceptualized intelligence as g. Recent findings, however, have supported the claim that more specific factors of intelligence contribute to the prediction of job ...
Anne E. Kato, Charles A. Scherbaum
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THE INFLUENCE OF COORDINATIVE ABILITIES ON MOVEMENT DURING TENNIS MATCHES [PDF]
This paper aims to highlight the importance of coordinative abilities in the training plan of 10-12 year old tennis players, and whether through the methods and means chosen for this experiment an optimisation of tennis specific movements is observed.
Petronel Cristian MOISESCU
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Relations of speed and specific motor abilities of special unit members [PDF]
The operational abilities of the members of the army are defined by the factors of morphology, function, levels of motor skills, health, etc. In special brigades, a high level of motor skills is required for the successful realization of assigned tasks ...
Golubović Mihajlo +3 more
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Face recognition: a model specific ability [PDF]
In our everyday lives, we view it as a matter of course that different people are good at different things. It can be surprising, in this context, to learn that most of what is known about cognitive ability variation across individuals concerns the broadest of all cognitive abilities; an ability referred to as general intelligence, general mental ...
Wilmer, Jeremy B. +2 more
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