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Title: Wisdom and Social Class

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: We tested how social class relates to a propensity for wise reasoning in interpersonal situations. Two studies—a survey from regions differing in economic affluence and an in-lab study with stratified sampling of adults from working and middle-class backgrounds—examined this question, indicating that higher class consistently related to lower wise reasoning. The results held across different levels of analysis (regional, individual, and subjective), personal and standardized hypothetical situations, across selfreported and observed wise reasoning, and when controlling for IQ. Class differences in wise reasoning were specific to interpersonal (versus societal) issues, consistent with ecological framework of resourcedependent environmental adaptation.

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Authors: Grossmann, Igor; Brienza, Justin P.

Conference Name: Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues

Publisher Location: Oxford University, England

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Poverty and Welfare

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