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Originally Posted by dyna mo
you're joking right? you can't read the thread or you didn't red the thread? because
1. i posted a link showing the exact article i c&p'ed the title from and stated it was a c&p
2. you fully fail to get the point i was making, which i also outlined in another post.
i'll state it again, in deference to you.
the research is irresponsible. any pysychological research that makes conclusions based on iq are worthless.
here are my quotes on that, which i already [posted in this thread.
i doubt you will be able to sort it out now, just pointing out how you so blatantly missed it all already.
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IQ meassures your ability to learn new things or solve problems.
Reading the heading on your very first link I see:
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Poor people aren't stupid; bad decisions are from being overwhelmed, study finds
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Then your second link say:
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It?s official. Poor people really are stupid.
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When I read both articles, they are about the same thing.
Both articles state that:
1: If you have a financial burden you can't handle then you make bad/wrong decisions
2: Its temporary, when the burden goes away your performance goes up.
The article on NBC news specifically say that poor people are not stupid.
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The poorer and richer shoppers did equally well when they had a minor financial issue at the back of their minds. But when the car repair was more expensive, or when the salary cut was higher, the lower-earners did significantly worse on the later tests than the higher-earners.
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Which support the fact that increased stress impairs your decision making more the less you have.
The bitterwallet quote the NBC article incorrectly. NBC state"
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?It?s what is in their mind that changes,? Shafir told NBC News. ?The test is the same both times. All that changes is how much it takes to fix your car. It?s being distracted by fixing your car that all of a sudden takes away your attention. You are just as smart when the car is cheap and you are less smart on the exact same question when fixing the car is expensive.?
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Bitterwallet incorrectly made this quote "Eldar Shafir of Princeton University, who was part of the research team, said: ?Previous views of poverty have blamed poverty on personal failings, or an environment that is not conducive to success. We?re arguing that the lack of financial resources itself can lead to impaired cognitive function. The very condition of not having enough can actually be a cause of poverty.?
On NBC the that statement is made by Zhao, now an assistant professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Your own quote copied from bitterwallet
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proving conclusively that that specific money worry, and not the trappings of wealth, which might include a better education, was the reason for poor people being stupid.
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Seems to originate from
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?It?s what is in their mind that changes,? Shafir told NBC News. ?The test is the same both times. All that changes is how much it takes to fix your car. It?s being distracted by fixing your car that all of a sudden takes away your attention. You are just as smart when the car is cheap and you are less smart on the exact same question when fixing the car is expensive.?
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Which ultimately proves what I said in my initial post.