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The predictors of general knowledge: Data from a Spanish megastudy

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    Identificador: imarina:9226234
    Autores:
    Buades-Sitjar FBoada RGuasch MFerré PHinojosa JADuñabeitia JA
    Resumen:
    Studies on sociodemographic data and crystallized intelligence have often struggled to recruit enough participants to achieve sufficient validity. However, the advent of the internet now allows this problem to be solved through the creation of megastudies. Yet, this methodology so far has only been used in studies on vocabulary size, while general knowledge, another key component of crystallized intelligence, remains unexamined. In the present study, regression models were used to examine the impact of sociodemographic variables—gender, age, years of study and socioeconomic status—on general knowledge scores. The sample comprised 48,234 participants, each of whom answered 60 general knowledge questions, their data being fully available online. Men were found to score higher than women in general knowledge. Years of study and socioeconomic status acted as strong and weak positive predictors, respectively. Age acted as a strong positive predictor until the age of 50, where it became progressively detrimental. These results are discussed relative to other studies on crystallized intelligence, highlighting the need to study each of its components individually.
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    Autor según el artículo: Buades-Sitjar F; Boada R; Guasch M; Ferré P; Hinojosa JA; Duñabeitia JA
    Departamento: Psicologia
    Autor/es de la URV: Boada Navarro, Roger / Ferré Romeu, Maria Pilar / Guasch Moix, Marc
    Palabras clave: Trivia quiz Sociodemographic data Intelligence General knowledge Cultural knowledge
    Resumen: Studies on sociodemographic data and crystallized intelligence have often struggled to recruit enough participants to achieve sufficient validity. However, the advent of the internet now allows this problem to be solved through the creation of megastudies. Yet, this methodology so far has only been used in studies on vocabulary size, while general knowledge, another key component of crystallized intelligence, remains unexamined. In the present study, regression models were used to examine the impact of sociodemographic variables—gender, age, years of study and socioeconomic status—on general knowledge scores. The sample comprised 48,234 participants, each of whom answered 60 general knowledge questions, their data being fully available online. Men were found to score higher than women in general knowledge. Years of study and socioeconomic status acted as strong and weak positive predictors, respectively. Age acted as a strong positive predictor until the age of 50, where it became progressively detrimental. These results are discussed relative to other studies on crystallized intelligence, highlighting the need to study each of its components individually.
    Áreas temáticas: Psychology, mathematical Psychology, experimental Psychology (miscellaneous) Psychology (all) Psychology Psicología Medicina ii General psychology Experimental and cognitive psychology Enfermagem Educação física Developmental and educational psychology Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas ii Arts and humanities (miscellaneous)
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: roger.boada@estudiants.urv.cat mariadelpilar.ferre@urv.cat marc.guasch@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-3192-0040 0000-0002-6898-120X
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-021-01669-4
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Behavior Research Methods. 54 (2): 898-909
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Buades-Sitjar F; Boada R; Guasch M; Ferré P; Hinojosa JA; Duñabeitia JA (2022). The predictors of general knowledge: Data from a Spanish megastudy. Behavior Research Methods, 54(2), 898-909. DOI: 10.3758/s13428-021-01669-4
    DOI del artículo: 10.3758/s13428-021-01669-4
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    Arts and Humanities (Miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology,Psychology (Miscellaneous),Psychology, Experimental,Psychology, Mathematical
    Trivia quiz
    Sociodemographic data
    Intelligence
    General knowledge
    Cultural knowledge
    Psychology, mathematical
    Psychology, experimental
    Psychology (miscellaneous)
    Psychology (all)
    Psychology
    Psicología
    Medicina ii
    General psychology
    Experimental and cognitive psychology
    Enfermagem
    Educação física
    Developmental and educational psychology
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Arts and humanities (miscellaneous)
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