Why it is 'better' to be reliable but dumb than smart but slapdash: Are intelligence (IQ) and Conscientiousness best regarded as gifts or virtues

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Charlton, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATIVITY; CRIME; EDITORIAL; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CONSCIENCE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 69249215114     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.06.048     Document Type: Editorial

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