However, a problem arises in interpreting such correlations for, as McClelland (1973) has pointed out, in the absence of controls for socioeconomic level, which is highly correlated with both IQ and credentialing, it is impossible to determine to what extent the correlations between IQ and job performance were mediated by social advantage. In an edited book, Practical Intelligence: Nature and Origins of Competence in the Everyday World, Sternberg and Wagner (1986) present a variety of studies under headings such as "Intelligence on the Job," "Intelligence in Daily Life," "The Development of...

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