The Role of Intelligence in Occupational Success: Exploring Social, Cultural, and General Factors

Intelligence can have many different variations of definitions, however Garrett & Hough (2018) defined intelligence as "the ability to reason, to understand, and to profit from experience," (page 374). Intelligence is measured by the intelligence quotient, or IQ test. These tests are designed to produce a score for the individual of a mental age. This mental age score is then divided by the individual's age and multiplied by 100. If a child was performing average for their age, they would produce a score of 100. Typicall