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Note: This is a section of a longer article. To go to the start, click here . IQ is positively related to job performance. We measured...

Note: This is a section of a longer article. To go to the start, click here . For the outcomes that we measured, mostly yes. We have asked our participants to report their a) highest level of education, b) high-school GPA, c) college GPA, d) personal income, d) household income, e) current happiness level (i.e., "Right now, at this very moment, how happy or unhappy do you feel?") and f) life satisfaction. For almost every outcome, personality was a better predictor than IQ.

Note: This is a section of a longer article. To go to the start, click here . Yes it does. The way we examined this was by asking people...