The Psychology of Wisdom
An Introduction
- Editors:
- Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University, New York
- Judith Glück, Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
- Date Published: June 2022
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009088008
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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.
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- Date Published: June 2022
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009088008
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 254 x 176 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.552kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
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.
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