TY - BOOK ID - 50629580 TI - The great debate : general ability and specific abilities in the prediction of important outcomes AU - Kell, Harrison J. AU - Lang, Jonas W.B. PY - 2019 SN - 3039211684 3039211676 PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - general cognitive ability KW - second stratum abilities KW - narrow abilities KW - cognitive abilities KW - ability tilt KW - identification KW - occupational attainment KW - scholastic performance KW - longevity KW - non-g residuals KW - specific abilities KW - higher-order factor model KW - bifactor model KW - intelligence KW - general intelligence (g) KW - specific factors KW - academic achievement KW - hierarchical factor model KW - educational attainment KW - nested-factor models KW - ability differentiation KW - general abilities KW - relative importance KW - relative importance analysis KW - bifactor(S-1) model KW - subscores KW - g-factor KW - school grades KW - non-g factors KW - nested-factors model KW - general mental ability KW - cognitive tests KW - specific cognitive abilities KW - curvilinear relations KW - specific ability KW - situational specificity KW - predictor-criterion bandwidth alignment KW - job performance KW - health KW - machine learning KW - academic performance KW - general factor KW - Intelligence. KW - Forecasting. KW - Forecasts KW - Futurology KW - Prediction KW - Human intelligence KW - Intelligence KW - Mind KW - Ability KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50629580 AB - 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. ER -