ability, in vocational psychology dictionary

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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology

Ability

A mental quality needed both to learning to carry out an action competently as well as to carry out that act competently once learned. However, abilities are necessary but not necessarily sufficient to carry out specific acts. Theorists disagree as to the degree to which abilities need be considered inherent, i.e., genetically determined or constrained. Theorists also disagree as to the structure of abilities within the mind, and in particularly the degree to which this structure is hierarchically organized, with g sitting at the top.

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