The Psychology of Wisdom
The Psychology of Wisdom
The Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction is the first comprehensive coursebook on wisdom, providing an engaging, balanced, and expert introduction to the psychology of wisdom. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the psychological science of wisdom, covering wide-ranging perspectives. Each chapter includes extensive pedagogy, including a summary, a glossary, bolded terms, practical applications, discussion questions, and a brief description of the authors' research. Topics include the philosophical foundations, folk conceptions, and psychological theories of wisdom; relations of wisdom to morality and ethics, to personality and well-being, to emotion; wisdom and leadership, wisdom and social policy. These topics are covered in a non-technical, bias-free, and student-friendly manner. Written by the most eminent experts in the field, this is the definitive coursebook for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as interested professionals and researchers.
- One-stop resource for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the psychology of wisdom
- Designed as a coursebook, with a full range of perspectives and abundant pedagogical materials to facilitate student learning
- Makes a complex, sometimes abstract, topic accessible to readers without expertise
Product details
June 2022Paperback
9781009088008
300 pages
254 × 176 × 16 mm
0.552kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Introduction to Wisdom Theory and Research:
- 1. Introduction: What is wisdom and why is it important? Robert J. Sternberg and Judith Glück
- 2. Philosophical foundations for the study of wisdom Jason D. Swartwood
- 3. Folk conceptions of wisdom around the world Nic M. Weststrate
- 4. Psychological theories of wisdom Robert J. Sternberg, Judith Glück and Sareh Karami
- 5. Wisdom: Situational, Dispositional, or Both? Igor Grossmann
- 6. Measurement of wisdom Judith Glück
- Part II. Foundations of Wisdom in the Individual and in the World:
- 7. Wisdom, intelligence, and creativity Dowon Choi, Sarah F. Lynch, and James C. Kaufman
- 8. Wisdom, morality, and ethics Judith Glück and Robert J. Sternberg
- 9. Wisdom, personality, and well-being Monika Ardelt and Stephen Pridgen
- 10. Wisdom and Emotion Ute Kunzmann
- Part III. The Modifiability of Wisdom:
- 11. The development of wisdom Judith Glück
- 12. Interventions for developing wisdom Michel Ferrari, Juensung Kim and Stephanie Morris
- Part IV. Wisdom in the World :
- 13. Wisdom in the professions Barry Schwartz and Kenneth E. Sharpe
- 14. Wisdom development and practice in leadership David Rooney and Bernard McKenna
- 15. Injecting wisdom into social policy so we can deal with gigantic problems in the World Don Ambrose.
