Division of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Scand J Psychol. 2011 Jun;52(3):277-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2010.00871.x. Epub 2011 Jan 24.
Intelligence and its relationship to achievement is a classical question within psychology. In accordance with earlier British studies, the present study, based on conscription data and follow-ups for Swedish men born 1949-51 (N = 36,156), found that when adjusting for attained social position, people with a high social position of origin tend to have higher intelligence and level of education than people with a lower social position of origin. These results could be seen to contradict the claim that more merit, at least when operationalized as intelligence or education, is required from people with a low social position of origin in order to attain a certain social level.
智力及其与成就的关系是心理学中的一个经典问题。本研究依据英国早期的研究，基于征兵数据和对出生于 1949-1951 年的瑞典男性的后续调查（N=36156）发现，当调整所获得的社会地位后，来自较高社会地位家庭的人往往比来自较低社会地位家庭的人具有更高的智力和教育水平。这些结果似乎与这样一种说法相矛盾，即至少从操作化的智力或教育层面来看，来自较低社会地位家庭的人需要更多的优点才能达到一定的社会水平。
