... a group of 456 inner-city men from early adolescence to middle life. Again it was found that intellectual ability was a poor predictor of success in living, and that other personality attributes, such as ego strength and demonstrations of early practical competence were far better predictors. Felsman and Vaillant summarized their findings on intellective ability as follows: While we found that ... psychotherapist well knows, with the degree to which such maladaptive behavior is resistant to correction by rational argument. In attempting to understand practical intelligence, we were influe...

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