Laypeople's conceptions of wisdom and its development: Cognitive and integrative views

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Glück, Judith ^a   Bluck, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development of wisdom; Implicit theories; Individual differences; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960093406     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr011     Document Type: Review

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