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General Cognitive Ability Is a Strong Predictor of Job Performance

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General cognitive ability is a strong predictor of job performance especially with regard to task performance aspect.


Definitions:

Subjective Norms

An individual’s perceptions about whether significant others think he or she should (or should not) perform the behavior in question.

Attitude Polarization

The phenomenon whereby a person's stance on a specific issue becomes more extreme after being exposed to opposing arguments.

Effort Justification

A cognitive dissonance theory concept where individuals rationalize the effort they put into achieving a goal, often valuing the outcome more if more effort was required.

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

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