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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"General mental ability"”.
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The relationship between raters' understanding of personality traits and situation dimensions from cues: nothing more than general mental ability?
… divided as to whether intelligence should be generalised across various domains or should the respective domains be acknowledged and assessed in their individual capacity. This measurement issue is important in the field of industrial/organisational psychology (IOP) as the outcomes of …
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Incremental validity of assessment centre exercise ratings over and above general mental ability and personality traits in predicting financial intermediaries regulatory examination success and sales performance
… interviews, work style interest questionnaire, general mental ability and personality traits) in an incremental validity study. Moreover, the study expanded the criterion domain by considering prediction models for multiple outcome measures, including examination success of intermediaries and …
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Cognitive ability and computer simulation
General Mental Ability (GMA) is the single strongest predictor of future work performance currently available. Tests of GMA used for selection purposes carry potential for adverse impact if used as a primary tool for employee selection; however, a factor of GMA known as Fluid Intelligence (Gf) …
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Using Working Memory to Address the Validity-Diversity Dilemma: Incremental Validity and Subgroup Differences Compared to GMA
General mental ability (GMA) has been found to be the best predictor of job knowledge and job performance, and it is widely-used for personnel selection decisions. However, the use of GMA in selection is a concern for practitioners because of the large Black-White race differences associated with …
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Bridging Psychometric and Cognitive Models of (General) Intelligence: An Investigation Based on Process Overlap Theory
… to explain the robust findings in cognitive ability testing, such as the positive manifold, from two different perspectives: psychometric or cognitive. Both approaches have their own limitations and are sometimes incompatible with each other. Therefore, contemporary theories of intelligence …
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The use of situational judgment tests in admission to higher education: validity and coaching effects
… education: a situational judgment test. First, a general introduction and overview of the literature on SJTs is given. Next, the setting of the dissertation is described: the admission exam for medical and dental studies in Flanders. Obviously, the selection of medical and dental students in …
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A potential framework for the debate on general cognitive ability and testing
… study, the dimensionality of the debate on general cognitive ability (GCA) and GCA testing was reexamined. First, a review of a recent literary debate on topics related to GCA was conducted. Then, a six-factor model of beliefs was hypothesized. One factor represented the belief in the …