Social class and wise reasoning about interpersonal conflicts across regions, persons and situations.

ABSTRACT: We propose that class is inversely related to a propensity for using wise reasoning (recognizing limits of their knowledge, consider world in flux and change, acknowledges and integrate different perspectives) in interpersonal situations, contrary to established class advantage in abstract cognition. Two studies-an online survey from regions differing in economic affluence (n = 2 145) and a representative in-lab study with stratified sampling of adults from working and middle-class backgrounds (n = 299)-tested this proposition, indicating that higher social class consistently related to lower levels of wise reasoning across different levels of analysis, including regional and individual differences, and subjective construal of specific situations. The results held across personal and stand

SUBMITTER: Brienza JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745406 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature