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Rumors of general mental ability’s demise are the next red herring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2023

Jeffrey M. Cucina Open the ORCID record for Jeffrey M. Cucina [Opens in a new window]  and
Theodore L. Hayes Open the ORCID record for Theodore L. Hayes [Opens in a new window]
Jeffrey M. Cucina*
Affiliation:
Personnel Research and Assessment Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC, USA
Theodore L. Hayes
Affiliation:
Arlington, VA, USA
*
Corresponding author: Jeffrey M. Cucina; Email: jcucina@gmail.com
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 301 - 306
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Note. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Federal Government, or any agency of the U.S. federal government. Portions of this paper were presented at the 2023 meeting of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

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