Demographic and personality predictors of intelligence: a study using the Neo Personality Inventory and the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent personality, gender, and age can predict psychometric intelligence scores. A total of 900 participants completed the Watson–Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal Test, the Graduate Managerial Assessment: Abstract, the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, and the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. Intelligence was found to be most consistently predicted by high Openness and low Neuroticism, which has been repeatedly reported in the past (Ackerman & Heggestad, 1997; Kyllonen, 1997), as well as by low Extraversion and low Conscientiousness, which has also been previously reported (Furnham, Chamorro‐Premuzic, & Moutafi, under review). Of the demographic factors, there were no gender differences with respect to general intelligence (g), but age was found to be a significant negative predictor of g, in line with previous findings (Matthews, Davies, Westerman, & Stammers, 2000). Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

A Life-History Model of Human Fitness Indicators

“…Additionally, the APM scales were positively related to Openness (r = .26 and .25, p < .01, respectively) and negatively to Conscientiousness (for each, r = -.16, p < .05), a finding consistent with previous research (Ackerman & Heggestad, 1997;Moutafi, Furnham, & Crump, 2003).…”

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“…Empirical studies, however, have typically found only a modest correlation between measures of personality and intelligence (Eysenck, 1994;Goff & Ackerman, 1992;Zeidner, 1995; for a metareview see Ackerman & Heggestad, 1997). Openness to Experience as measured by the Revised NEO Personality Inventory seems to be consistently related to psychometrically measured intelligence and other cognitive abilities (McCrae & Costa, 1997;Moutafi, Furnham, & Crump, 2003). Although aesthetic sensitivity, intellectual curiosity, and independence of judgment have often been found to be associated with intelligence, the link between these two constructs is neither invariable nor very strong (Allik, 2002;Allik & Realo, 1997).…”

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“…However, some findings have been suggested that personality traits influence the measurement of GCA ( Moutafi et al, 2003;Furnham et al, 2005;Premuzic et al, 2006). In fact, the relationship between personality traits and GCA is controversial.…”

“…In fact, the relationship between personality traits and GCA is controversial. While some researchers are suggesting that these constructs are different from each other (Eysenck, 1994;De Fruyt et.al., 2006), some researchers are asserting that there is a significant relationship between big five personality traits, Jung's personality types and GCA (Moutafi et al, 2003;Furnham et al, 2005;Wolf & Ackerman, 2005;Premuzic et al, 2006). Unlike these personality traits Type-A personality (TAP) trait, which may be related to CGA, has not been investigated yet.…”