Investigating The Relationship Between Wisdom And Social Class
Researchers at the University of Waterloo recently decided to investigate the relationship between the social class of an individual and their ability to reason about interpersonal matters. In other words, they wanted to find out if social class impacted wisdom, specifically interpersonal conflicts.
Wisdom was measured as the ability to be intellectually humble and open minded, as well as the ability to consider the different perspectives of others on a specific issue.
Researchers suggest that we are currently being driven toward a more self-centered society. One that is focused too much on independence and entitlement and that because of this, they say, we're eroding our wisdom and ability to reason.
In order to conduct the two studies, researchers used large-scale surveys and they included over 2000 participants. Those involved reported on their reasoning when it came to specific conflicts with their friends or family members etc.
Neither the lower class or the more affluent were fairly represented and the researchers admit that they hope to expand on this study and these findings in the future to include more participants. Their results were recently published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society.
They found that the lower social class consistently had higher wise-reasoning scores than people who had more income.
Those involved in the study also suggest that raw intelligence isn't what's best to help to reduce conflict in this area, IQ scores didn't make a difference; wisdom is what will help you get along best and resolve disputes.
This is because that wisdom will enable an individual to consider the views of others and to try to come to a resolution. They suggest that because those with a lower economic standing, usually have to share resources with others, that they are therefore provided more of an opportunity to improve their social skills in this area and try to resolve a variety of different disputes. They suspect that the findings might even be more pronounced if they are to conduct further research, including more participants who are extremely wealthy.
For those who might want to try and foster some growth in this area of their lives, researchers suggest that they could try to use third-party language when considering conflicts, try to see a situation as another might see it, and perhaps seeking out new and different experiences that might prompt you to look at things in a new way.
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Sources:
https://uwaterloo.ca/news/news/lower-class-wiser-about-interpersonal-conflict-middle-class
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/working-class-people-wiser-dealing-people-upper-class-study-middle-classes-a8120966.html
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-class-wiser-interpersonal-conflict-middle.html
https://medicalresearch.com/author-interviews/does-the-working-class-handle-interpersonal-conflicts-better-than-the-middle-class/39053/
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Great post as always @doitvoluntarily ! its an awesome study they did here and i also think "we are being driven towards a self centered society with a sence of entitlement " I see it everyday ! I hope they continue the study on the extremely wealthy and i wonder what do they expect to do with their findings that will help society out at all . thanks flr sharing my friend ! upped and resteemed !👍👍👍
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excellent post dear friend @doitvoluntarily, a very interesting and topical topic.
In general, people of lower middle class tend to be better than upper class people, that is due to the condition of the people, a young lower middle class does not have as many opportunities in life as a young high class , for that reason all the lower classes we try much more to have a wide knowledge and gain a place in society, of course there are exceptions.
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this is so true,cant be said any better
A great read and your post really gets me thinking about EQ and IQ and the relationship too!
Interesting study. Not certain I agree. I think people in tougher circumstances make choices and act more in a short term manner. It is up to them on if they learn from mistakes or make adjustments.
Differences in interpersonal communication seem like they would be evident in this case. I think it is also really interesting to look at how social class of an individual changes their capacity to exhibit empathy.
I found this interesting quote from Jimmy Hendrix:
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens"
Wisdom, in this case, may be related to solidarity, a feeling that seems to be in extinction, but in the blockchain, you find a lot of people that share their wealth with others.
I wonder if there's a better way to cultivate wisdom. Normally, we associate wisdom with being older or going through certain experiences in life. Could certain environment or genetic disposition make a person wiser? The only wisdom hack I know is to read more books to gain perspectives we otherwise won't be able to acquire in our everyday lives.
I think people with less money are more intelligent because we have to find ways to get ahead we struggle and we research ways to go up , your post was very informative and interesting you for sure are very intelligent and I'm happy to be your friend😊😊❤️
That's true, according to me people who are living in villages and small town they are more wise than others because they live organic life in compare to rich and social class. Mostly rich class or social class people concentrate on materialistic and technological development but people who live organic life they think their body as an great technology and they know how to control it. So one more thing you mentioned and i liked it most, people who live in villages and small towns, always share the resources with each other, and their interpersonal skills develops because they have continuous verbal communication and they know how to control and tackle the verbal communication and disputes wisely, in case of social people or rich class they are more in vertual world so, they can tackle verbal communications with less patience. Thanks for sharing. Your post encouraged me to share my own opinions.
Have a great day and stay blessed.
Same as when you work in a company. Your CEO doesn't put himself (since they are mainly men) in the shoes of the average employee.
Agreed.
Nice, I find this very interesting and quite baffling in many ways. intelligence and wisdom and completely separate components of an individual and one does not necessarily define the other... education level and one's intelligence usually coincides with a better overall socioeconomic status, in general, as well as other facets that pertain to overall success and ability to have access to services which may be readily needed. Wisdom, on the other hand, which you mentioned is something that is completely different and aside from the fact of one's intelligence. The key component which I believe develops based on certain situations and encounters that an individual has faced is what makes the world keep turning... loved your post, resteemed and upvoted by me
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