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A handbook of wisdom : psychological perspectives / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Jennifer Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University, 2005.Description: xvii, 387 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521834015 (hardcover)
  • 0521541824 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.1 STE J 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1595 .H29 2005
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Contents:
Part I: Theories of wisdom across time, culture, and peoples -- Wisdom in history / James E. Birren and Cheryl M. Svensson -- Cultural foundations of wisdom : an integrated developmental approach / Masami Takahashi and Willis F. Overton -- Philosophical theories of wisdom / Lisa M. Osbeck and Daniel N. Robinson -- From the inside out : people's implicit theories of wisdom / Susan Bluck and Judith Glück -- The psychology of wisdom : theoretical and empirical challenges / Ute Kunzmann & Paul B. Baltes -- Part II: The development of wisdom across the lifespan -- Young and growing wiser : wisdom during adolescence and young adulthood / M.J. Richardson & M. Pasupathi -- The quest for wisdom in adulthood: a psychological perspective / Jennifer Jordan -- Part III: Wisdom and the person -- Wisdom and personality / Ursula M. Staudinger, Jessica Dörner, Charlotte Mickler -- The role of emotions in the development of wisdom / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura -- Part IV: Wisdom in society -- Morality, ethics, and wisdom / Joel J. Kupperman -- Crossing boundaries to generative wisdom : an analysis of professional work / Jeffrey L. Solomon, Paula Marshall and Howard Gardner -- Wisdom in public policy / Lloyd S. Etheredge -- Part V :The absence of wisdom -- Foolishness / Robert J. Sternberg.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Theories of wisdom across time, culture, and peoples -- Wisdom in history / James E. Birren and Cheryl M. Svensson -- Cultural foundations of wisdom : an integrated developmental approach / Masami Takahashi and Willis F. Overton -- Philosophical theories of wisdom / Lisa M. Osbeck and Daniel N. Robinson -- From the inside out : people's implicit theories of wisdom / Susan Bluck and Judith Glück -- The psychology of wisdom : theoretical and empirical challenges / Ute Kunzmann & Paul B. Baltes -- Part II: The development of wisdom across the lifespan -- Young and growing wiser : wisdom during adolescence and young adulthood / M.J. Richardson & M. Pasupathi -- The quest for wisdom in adulthood: a psychological perspective / Jennifer Jordan -- Part III: Wisdom and the person -- Wisdom and personality / Ursula M. Staudinger, Jessica Dörner, Charlotte Mickler -- The role of emotions in the development of wisdom / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura -- Part IV: Wisdom in society -- Morality, ethics, and wisdom / Joel J. Kupperman -- Crossing boundaries to generative wisdom : an analysis of professional work / Jeffrey L. Solomon, Paula Marshall and Howard Gardner -- Wisdom in public policy / Lloyd S. Etheredge -- Part V :The absence of wisdom -- Foolishness / Robert J. Sternberg.

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