General knowledge

General knowledge is information that has been accumulated over time through various media and sources.^[1] It excludes specialized learning that can only be obtained with extensive training and information confined to a single medium. General knowledge is an essential component of crystallized intelligence. It is strongly associated with general intelligence and with openness to experience.^[2]

Studies have found that people who are highly knowledgeable in a particular domain tend to be knowledgeable in many.^[3]^[4] General knowledge is thought to be supported by long-term semantic memory ability.^[5] General knowledge also supports schemata for textual understanding.^[6]

^ "GENERAL KNOWLEDGE". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
^ T. C. Bates and A. Shieles. (2003). Crystallized Intelligence is a product of Speed and Drive for Experience: The Relationship of Inspection Time and Openness to g and Gc. Intelligence, 31, 275-287
^ Rolfhus, Eric L.; Ackerman, Phillip L. (1999). "Assessing individual differences in knowledge: Knowledge, intelligence, and related traits" (PDF). Journal of Educational Psychology. 91 (3): 511–526. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.91.3.511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
^ Ackerman, Phillip L.; Bowen, Kristy R.; Beier, Margaret E.; Kanfer, Ruth (2001). "Determinants of individual differences and gender differences in knowledge". Journal of Educational Psychology. 93 (4): 797–825. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.93.4.797. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
^ Smith, Amy M.; Hughes, Gregory I.; Davis, F. Caroline; Thomas, Ayanna K. (March 2019). "Acute stress enhances general-knowledge semantic memory". Hormones and Behavior. 109: 38–43. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.02.003. PMID 30742829. S2CID 72334918.
^ An, Shuying (2013-01-01). "Schema Theory in Reading". Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 3 (1). doi:10.4304/tpls.3.1.130-134. ISSN 1799-2591. S2CID 26167875.

[1] "GENERAL KNOWLEDGE". Cambridge English Dictionary. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

[2] T. C. Bates and A. Shieles. (2003). Crystallized Intelligence is a product of Speed and Drive for Experience: The Relationship of Inspection Time and Openness to g and Gc. Intelligence, 31, 275-287

[rolfhus&ackerman-3] Rolfhus, Eric L.; Ackerman, Phillip L. (1999). "Assessing individual differences in knowledge: Knowledge, intelligence, and related traits" (PDF). Journal of Educational Psychology. 91 (3): 511–526. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.91.3.511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2019-12-25.

[ackerman2001-4] Ackerman, Phillip L.; Bowen, Kristy R.; Beier, Margaret E.; Kanfer, Ruth (2001). "Determinants of individual differences and gender differences in knowledge". Journal of Educational Psychology. 93 (4): 797–825. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.93.4.797. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2011-12-04.

[5] Smith, Amy M.; Hughes, Gregory I.; Davis, F. Caroline; Thomas, Ayanna K. (March 2019). "Acute stress enhances general-knowledge semantic memory". Hormones and Behavior. 109: 38–43. doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.02.003. PMID 30742829. S2CID 72334918.

[6] An, Shuying (2013-01-01). "Schema Theory in Reading". Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 3 (1). doi:10.4304/tpls.3.1.130-134. ISSN 1799-2591. S2CID 26167875.

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