Conscientiousness Is the Most Powerful Noncognitive Predictor of School Achievement in Adolescents Barbara Dumfart and Aljoscha C. Neubauer Abstract Much research has demonstrated that intelligence and conscientiousness have a high impact on individual school achievement. To figure out if other noncognitive traits have incremental validity over intelligence and conscientiousness, we conducted a study on 498 […]
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STUDY ALERT: Distinguishing intellectual humility and general humility
Distinguishing intellectual humility and general humility Don E. Davis, Kenneth Rice, Stacey McElroy, Cirleen DeBlaere, Elise Choe, Daryl R. Van Tongeren & Joshua N. Hook Two studies provide evidence for distinguishing intellectual humility (IH) from general humility (GH). Humility involves (a) an Accurate View of Self and (b) the ability to regulate egotism and cultivate […]
STUDY ALERT: How Alluring Are Dark Personalities? The Dark Triad and Attractiveness in Speed Dating
How Alluring Are Dark Personalities? The Dark Triad and Attractiveness in Speed Dating EMANUEL JAUK1 ALJOSCHA C. NEUBAUER, THOMAS MAIRUNTEREGGER, STEPHANIE PEMP, KATHARINA P. SIEBER and JOHN F. RAUTHMANN Abstract: Dark Triad traits (narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism) are linked to the pursuit of short-term mating strategies, but they may have differential effects on actual mating […]
STUDY ALERT: On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit
On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Nathaniel Barr, Derek J. Koehler, & Jonathan A. Fugelsang Although bullshit is common in everyday life and has attracted attention from philosophers, its reception (critical or ingenuous) has not, to our knowledge, been subject to empirical investigation. Here we focus on pseudo-profound […]
STUDY ALERT: Eavesdropping on Character: Assessing Everyday Moral Behaviors
Eavesdropping on Character: Assessing Everyday Moral Behaviors Kathryn L. Bollich, John M. Doris, Simine Vazire, Charles L. Raison, Joshua J. Jackson, Matthias R. Mehl Despite decades of interest in moral character, comparatively little is known about moral behavior in everyday life. This paper reports a novel method for assessing everyday moral behaviors using the Electronically Activated […]
STUDY ALERT: Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement: Policy Recommendations
Leveraging Mindsets to Promote Academic Achievement: Policy Recommendations Aneeta Rattan, Krishna Savani, Dolly Chugh, and Carol S. Dweck The United States must improve its students’ educational achievement. Race, gender, and social class gaps persist, and, overall, U.S. students rank poorly among peers globally. Scientific research shows that students’ psychology—their “academic mindsets”—have a critical role in […]
STUDY ALERT: People Underestimate the Value of Persistence for Creative Performance
People Underestimate the Value of Persistence for Creative Performance Brian J. Lucas and Loran F. Nordgren Across 7 studies, we investigated the prediction that people underestimate the value of persistence for creative performance. Across a range of creative tasks, people consistently underestimated how productive they would be while persisting (Studies 1–3). Study 3 found that […]
STUDY ALERT: Gender and creativity: an overview of psychological and neuroscientific literature
Gender and creativity: an overview of psychological and neuroscientific literature Anna Abraham Abstract The topic of gender differences in creativity is one that generates substantial scientific and public interest, but also courts considerable controversy. Owing to the heterogeneous nature of the findings associated with this line of research, the general picture often appears puzzling or […]
STUDY ALERT: Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents
Family income, parental education and brain structure in children and adolescents Kimberly G Noble, Suzanne M Houston, Natalie H Brit, Hauke Bartsch, Eric Kan, Joshua M Kuperman, Natacha Akshoomoff, David G Amaral, Cinnamon S Bloss, Ondrej Libiger, Nicholas J Schork, Sarah S Murray, B J Casey, Linda Chang, Thomas M Ernst, Jean A Frazier, Jeffrey […]
STUDY ALERT: Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success Tim Kautz, Baster Weel, James J. Heckman, Lex Borghans, Ron Diris, Lex Borghans This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and fostering cognitive and non-cognitive skills. IQ tests and achievement tests do not adequately capture non-cognitive skills—personality traits, goals, character, motivations, and preferences that are valued […]
STUDY ALERT: ‘Old wine in new bottles’? Relationships between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents
‘Old wine in new bottles’? Relationships between overexcitabilities, the Big Five personality traits and giftedness in adolescents Wiesława Limont, Joanna Dreszer-Drogorób, Sylwia Bedynska, Katarzyna Sliwinska, Dominika Jastrze ̨bskaa This study examined the relationship between types of overexcitability (OEs), Big Five dimensions, and giftedness. A sample of intellectually gifted adolescents (N = 132) and controls (N […]
STUDY ALERT: Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence
Thinking positively: The genetics of high intelligence Nicholas G. Shakeshaft a, Maciej Trzaskowski a, Andrew McMillan a, Eva Krapohl a, Michael A. Simpson a, Avi Reichenberg a,b, Martin Cederlöf c, Henrik Larsson c, Paul Lichtenstein c, Robert Plomin a,⁎ High intelligence (general cognitive ability) is fundamental to the human capital that drives societies in the […]