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GENERAL  INTELLIGENCE
A  Dialogue
CHARACTERS
Mr.  Williams:  Manager  of  Workers'  Service  Department.
Mr.  Lambert:  Head  of  Employment  Division.
Miss  Nelson:  Head  of  Psychological  Section.
Miss  Hurlbut:  Psychological  Examiner.
Mr.  Williams:  If  you  were  asked,  Mr.  Lambert,  to
name  the  one  most  important  fact  about  an  applicant,
what  would  it  be?  I  mean,  if  you  were  compelled  to  base
your  selection  of  applicants  upon  a  single  quality,  which
quality  would  you  choose?
Mr.  Lambert:  I  should  choose  intelligence,  by  all
means.
Mr.  W:  Yes,  I  believe  that  I  should  too.  And  I  believe
that  most  employment  interviewers  would  also  look  for
intelligence  first.  What  do  you  think,  Miss  Nelson  and
Miss  Hurlbut?
Miss  Nelson:  Perhaps  I  could  answer  that  question
better  if  Mr.  Lambert  would  tell  me  just  what  he  means
by  intelligence.
Mr.  L:  Why,  Miss  Nelson,  if  you  don’t  know  what
intelligence  is  I  don’t  see  how  I  or  anybody  else  can  tell
you.  Intelligence  is  just  plain  intelligence.
Mr.  W:  That  is  a  perplexing  proposition,  Miss  Nelson;
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