A handbook of wisdom : psychological perspectives - Sternberg, Robert J.; Jordan, Jennifer, 1982- (New York : Cambridge University, 2005)
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 Gluck -- 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 Dorner, 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
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Keywords: Wisdom; Conduct of life