Older Adults' Wisdom on a "Life-Planning Task" : Characteristics and Relation to Life Experiences

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 198-208

  Lu, I Huey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intellectual development; Life experiences; Older adults; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035640480     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.49.2_198     Document Type: Article

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