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Journal of Intelligence, Volume 6, Issue 3

September 2018 - 15 articles

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Articles (15)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
7 Citations
9,360 Views
9 Pages

In this article I suggest why a symposium is desirable on the topic of why, despite worldwide increases in IQ since the beginning of the 20th century, there are so many unresolved and dramatic problems in the world. I briefly discuss what some of the...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
17 Citations
8,886 Views
8 Pages

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. This editorial introduces a special issue dedicated to expl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,967 Views
14 Pages

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...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,011 Views
21 Pages

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: cognit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
87 Citations
13,416 Views
23 Pages

The bifactor model is a widely applied model to analyze general and specific abilities. Extensions of bifactor models additionally include criterion variables. In such extended bifactor models, the general and specific factors can be correlated with...

  • Feature Paper
  • Commentary
  • Open Access
33 Citations
10,721 Views
15 Pages

In a prior issue of the Journal of Intelligence, I argued that the most important scientific issue in intelligence research was to identify specific abilities with validity beyond g (i.e., variance common to mental tests) (Coyle, T.R. Predictive vali...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
30 Citations
25,906 Views
8 Pages

This brief paper summarizes a mixed method review of over 500 neuroscientific reports investigating the proposition that general intelligence (g or IQ) and multiple intelligences (MI) can be integrated based on common and unique neural systems. Extra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
43,955 Views
16 Pages

In education research and education policy, much attention is paid to schools, curricula, and teachers, but little attention is paid to the characteristics of students. Differences in general cognitive ability (g) are often overlooked as a source of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,482 Views
22 Pages

The Openness-Fluid-Crystallized-Intelligence (OFCI) model posits long-term relations between Openness and cognitive abilities and has been successfully tested with longitudinal data. However, research on the developmental interplay between cognitive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
35,880 Views
25 Pages

A Misuse of IQ Scores: Using the Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Model for Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities

  • A. Alexander Beaujean,
  • Nicholas F. Benson,
  • Ryan J. McGill and
  • Stefan C. Dombrowski

The purpose of this article is to describe the origins of patterns of strengths and weaknesses (PSW) methods for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD) and to provide a comprehensive review of the assumptions and evidence supporting the mos...

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