A route to well-being: Intelligence versus wise reasoning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 944-953

  Grossmann, Igor ^a   Na, Jinkyung ^b   Varnum, Michael E W ^c   Kitayama, Shinobu ^d   Nisbett, Richard E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aging; Intelligence; Reasoning; Well being; Wisdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84888034401     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029560     Document Type: Article

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