The Hungry Mind: Intellectual Curiosity Is the Third Pillar of Academic Performance
Sophie von Stumm et al., 2012
http://www.drtomascp.com/uploads/HungryMind_PPS_2011.pdf
Abstract
Over the past century, academic performance has become the gatekeeper to institutions of higher education, shaping career paths and individual life trajectories. Accordingly, much psychological research has focused on identifying predictors of academic performance, with intelligence and effort emerging as core determinants. In this article, we propose expanding on the traditional set of predictors by adding a third agency: intellectual curiosity. A series of path models based on a meta-analytically derived correlation matrix showed that (a) intelligence is the single most powerful predictor of academic performance; (b) the effects of intelligence on academic performance are not mediated by personality traits; (c) intelligence, Conscientiousness (as marker of effort), and Typical Intellectual Engagement (as marker of intellectual curiosity) are direct, correlated predictors of academic performance; and (d) the additive predictive effect of the personality traits of intellectual curiosity and effort rival that the influence of intelligence. Our results highlight that a “hungry mind” is a core determinant of individual differences in academic achievement.
[Gute akademische Leistung bedarf insbesondere dreierlei Zutaten: A. Fleiß und Anstrengungsbereitschaft, B. Intelligenz und C. Interesse/Wissensdurst; Intellectual Curiosity dürfte im Wesentlichen mit dem Openness-Aspekt "Intellect" gleichbedeutend sein. ]
[The Openness-factor has two quite different aspects. Only one of these aspects (Intellect) plays an important role in academic performance. The second aspect and AP seem to be negatively correlated (at least in this study).]
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see also: Publications of De Young
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~cdeyoung/Publications.htm
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