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| Subject: For Success at School, Personality Supposedly May Beat Brains Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:45 pm | |
| Intelligence isn't everything, says new study
When it comes to success in school, being smart isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Personality may have a lot more to do with academic success than just sheer intelligence, according to a new study.
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Arthur Poropat, a lecturer in psychology at Australia’s Griffith University conducted the largest ever review of personality and academic performance. Porporat found that an individual’s personality traits are better indicators of academic success than a high score on an intelligence test, for students at both high school and college. Specifically, he suggests, students who are conscientious, open and emotionally stable have the best likelihood of succeeding at their studies.
http://time.com/3640300/for-success-at-school-personality-may-beat-brains/ |
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