Psychological Grit Essay
PSYCHOLOGICLAL GRIT
Introduction
Grit can be defined as the perseverance of and passion for long term goals with two main factors to be considered: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews and Kelly., 2007) In our study we are examining psychological grit and how grit relates to personality, through examining neuroticism, conscientiousness and extroversion, also how grit relates to academic intelligence through vocabulary and problem solving tests. Duckworth et al. (2007) mention the results of (Gottfredson, 1997; Hartigan and Wigdor, 1989), that intelligence, or IQ is the best predictor for achievement. Academic achievement in particular is very strongly correlated with a high IQ, shown in College and school grade point averages.
It is predicted that grit will relate to conscientiousness with a significant correlation. This prediction arises due to findings of Duckworth et al. (2007) This correlation is expected to be stronger than …show more content…
The developers were split into small groups of 3 or 4. Each group produced two items to be considered for the grit measure test. One question related to “Consistency of Interests” and the other “Perseverance of Effort”. A scale of extremely inaccurate to extremely accurate was applied to each question. Each group presented their questions. They were discussed and changed to be made appropriate for the measure. Questions were also identified as positively or negatively scored. A personality questionnaire was used. It contained a list of personality traits. The student was asked to compare themselves to other people of roughly the same age and gender in regards to these traits, fitting on a scale of extremely inaccurate to extremely accurate (1-5 respectively). Multiple choice vocabulary and problem solving questionnaires were presented to test academic
Introduction
Grit can be defined as the perseverance of and passion for long term goals with two main factors to be considered: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews and Kelly., 2007) In our study we are examining psychological grit and how grit relates to personality, through examining neuroticism, conscientiousness and extroversion, also how grit relates to academic intelligence through vocabulary and problem solving tests. Duckworth et al. (2007) mention the results of (Gottfredson, 1997; Hartigan and Wigdor, 1989), that intelligence, or IQ is the best predictor for achievement. Academic achievement in particular is very strongly correlated with a high IQ, shown in College and school grade point averages.
It is predicted that grit will relate to conscientiousness with a significant correlation. This prediction arises due to findings of Duckworth et al. (2007) This correlation is expected to be stronger than …show more content…
The developers were split into small groups of 3 or 4. Each group produced two items to be considered for the grit measure test. One question related to “Consistency of Interests” and the other “Perseverance of Effort”. A scale of extremely inaccurate to extremely accurate was applied to each question. Each group presented their questions. They were discussed and changed to be made appropriate for the measure. Questions were also identified as positively or negatively scored. A personality questionnaire was used. It contained a list of personality traits. The student was asked to compare themselves to other people of roughly the same age and gender in regards to these traits, fitting on a scale of extremely inaccurate to extremely accurate (1-5 respectively). Multiple choice vocabulary and problem solving questionnaires were presented to test academic