A substantial component of achieving a high measured G factor is the desire to get the right answer on the test. It doesn’t matter if you have the ability to get the right answer on the test, if you don’t have the desire to get that answer you’re not gonna pass that test (ie. Or solve whatever challenge or problem that you’re facing).<br><br>Most academics don’t pay attention to this fact because they are in the group of people who always want to get the answer right and they can’t comprehend why someone wouldn’t care about getting the right answer on the test. A lot of them don’t even understand to what extent that some individuals completely lack conscientiousness. <br><br>That desire to get the right answer largely comes from the personality characteristic of conscientiousness. Some individuals are more conscientious than other individuals. And if academics were courageous enough to measure it, they would find individual differences in conscientiousness. <br><br>Academics are afraid to admit that conscientiousness also varies between groups of people.<br>Right now, we can only look at behavior in order to assess conscientiousness. <br>People who keep their lawns neat and clean are generally conscientious. People who don’t care for their property are not. We need a better way to measure it. <br><br>We need some type of paper test for conscientiousness but nobody’s working on it.,(reply>), @David Blette <br>"My real problem is when people use G to try and predict life success. Even a simple marshmallow test does a better job of predicting life success."<br><br>Try, and succeed. IQ is demonstrably very good at predicting life success. The marshmallow test is too simple and has too many variables. It can only be done at a low age for one.<br><br>"Looks like I need to do some homework and see what tools they’re using to assess an individuals conscientiousness level."<br>They most likely use a big-five personality inventory questionnaire. I suggest you look at the IPIP120 or IPIP300 questions.,(reply>), @yeet OK well maybe I’m wrong about the current research but I am concerned with how that research measures conscientiousness. Is there a paper test for conscientiousness or does everyone taking the IQ test also take a marshmallow test (a test which actually measures the ability to delay gratification but is correlated with conscientiousness.)<br><br>My real problem is when people use G to try and predict life success. Even a simple marshmallow test does a better job of predicting life success. <br><br>The problem that a lot of people have with IQ or G is when these measurements of intelligence are used to decide who gets what jobs, what careers and what salaries in a meritocratic society. <br><br>Looks like I need to do some homework and see what tools they’re using to assess an individuals conscientiousness level. Up to now we typically let human resources workers subjectively assess conscientiousness. Of course, anyone doing subjective assessment of that will be accused of cultural bias.,(reply>), Sorry but you are just wrong. The big 5 traits and their correlations to IQ have been studied. Openness is slightly correlated, but the rest (including conscientiousness) are not.,(reply>), @nehorlavazapalka You’re saying there’s a three point difference but that point difference is probably based on the use of traditional IQ measurement tools that are designed with the assumption of a time limit. <br><br>A test with a three or four hour time limit filled with questions designed to be worked out by people with different G factors would give scores that might be a more accurate predictor of real world success. <br>Smart yet lazy people might give answers on the test which are suboptimal and just walk out of that test after one hour. I’m not saying that designing this type of test would be easy but I think it’s possible.,(reply>), This kind of effect is very strong in childhood but it doesn't have a large effect (like plus or minus 3 points) in adulthood.