PSYC 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Learned Helplessness, Conscientiousness, Law School Admission Test

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 231
• Professor: Ronald R Holden

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Psyc 231 lec 1 week 1: f 0, f 1, t 1, f 1, t 1, t 0, t 1, t 0, t 1, t 0, t 1, t 0, f 0, f 1, f 0, f 1. Ability and personality in the prediction of life, work and educational outcomes. Psychological individual differences (i. e. : ability and personality) can predict life, work and educational outcomes. Intelligence predicts mortality even when controlling for socioeconomic status. Conscientiousness and extraversion/positive emotionality exceed iq as predictors of mortality. Maybe they are better at following safety rules. Responsibility and studiousness exceed iq as predictors of mortality. N=2543 grade 6 students (11. 9 years) in luxembourg in 1968 followed for 40 years. Across 20,000 studies of >5 million persons the validity of ability tests in predicting job performance is ~ Validates for the big 5 dimensions of personality (i. e neuroticism, extraversion, Openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness) are ~. 20 to . 40 for most job criteria.