Intelligence, Personality, and Creativity : Unleashing the Power of Intelligence and Personality Traits to Build a Creative and Innovative Economy

Cognitive ability, as measured by IQ and background factors such as socioeconomic status and demographics have historically been seen as the principal determinants of a student s academic success. However, a growing body of research from psychology, education, behavioral economics and neuroscience is showing that personality traits also predict academic and work performance. This change in paradigm suggests that education systems face a more complex challenge than traditionally recognized: to work not only with the different types of intelligence possessed by students but also with their different personality traits in order to produce academic success measured by cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This paper reviews the research findings from the different literatures (psychology, education, behavioral economics, and neuroscience) that relate to these questions. Several good reviews summarize the findings on aspects of these questions, but rarely address all of the questions above. In particular, those reviews do not shed light on how education can improve both cognitive and non-cognitive skills and how such skills promote creativity and labor market outcomes. The scientific literatures on human intelligence and personality are large, but our focus is on the subset of research findings that relate intelligence and personality to academic performance. Likewise, the literature on creativity, innovation, and productivity is extensive, but our focus will be on the research findings that relate academic performance to creativity and, ultimately, to productivity in the workplace.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	King, Elizabeth, Rogers, Halsey
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-11-04
Subjects:	ABILITY OF CHILDREN, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION, ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, ACHIEVEMENTS, ACQUISITION OF SKILLS, ADOLESCENTS, ADULT BASIC SKILLS, ADULT LITERACY, ADULTS, AGE GROUPS, ATTENTION, AVERAGE SCORE, BASIC SKILLS, BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, CALL, CAREER, CAREER CHOICES, CAREER COUNSELING, CAREERS, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, COGNITION, COGNITIVE ABILITY, COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT, COGNITIVE OUTCOMES, COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, COGNITIVE PROCESSES, COGNITIVE SKILLS, COGNITIVE TEST, COGNITIVE TESTS, COLLEGE GRADUATES, COLLEGE STUDENTS, COLLEGES, COMPETENCIES, COMPETITION FOR ENTRY, CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, CONFORMITY, CREATIVE THINKING, CREATIVITY, CULTURAL VALUES, CURRICULUM, DECISION MAKING, DIPLOMAS, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, DISCIPLINES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION EXPENDITURES, EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION, EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATORS, EFFECTS OF EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EMOTION, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, ENROLLMENT, ENTRANCE EXAM, ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES, ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EXAM, EXAM SUCCESS, EXAMINATION PROCESS, EXPENDITURES, FACULTIES, FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS, FREE FLOW OF IDEAS, GENDER, GENDER EQUITY, GENERAL EDUCATION, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS, GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT, GRADE REPETITION, HABITS, HAPPY EDUCATION, HIGH ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGHER INCOMES, HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION, HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY, HOMEWORK, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMAGINATION, IMPACT OF EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, INTELLIGENCE, INTERVENTIONS, JOB SATISFACTION, KNOWLEDGE BASE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKETS, LEADERSHIP, LEARNERS, LEARNING, LEARNING ASSESSMENTS, LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LEARNING POLICIES, LEARNING PROCESS, LET, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING, LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, LITERACY, LITERATURE, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, MATH SKILLS, MIDDLE SCHOOLS, MOTIVATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEMS, NUMERACY, OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION, PARENTAL EDUCATION, PERFORMANCE AT SCHOOL, PERSONALITY, PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT, PERSONALITY TRAITS, POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PRIMARY GRADES, PRIMARY LEVEL, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY-SCHOOL, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE SCHOOLING, PRIVATE TUTORING, PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS, PROFICIENCY, PSYCHOLOGY, READING, REPETITION, RESEARCH COLLABORATION, RESEARCH FINDINGS, RESEARCH INSTITUTES, RESEARCH LITERATURE, RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, SCHOOL CURRICULUM, SCHOOL DAY, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL LEVEL, SCHOOL PROGRAM, SCHOOL RECORDS, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOLING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE STUDY, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, SKILLED WORKERS, SKILLED WORKFORCE, SKILLS ACQUISITION, SOCIAL ATTITUDES, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL GROUPS, SPORTS, STREAMING, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENTS, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TEACHER, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER INCENTIVES, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TERMS OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE, TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY LEVEL, TEST SCORES, THOUGHTS, TUTORING, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE, UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS, UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS, UNIVERSITY LEVEL, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, WORKERS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/20344949/intelligence-personality-creativity-unleashing-power-intelligence-personality-traits-build-creative-innovative-economy https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20662
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