The Many Faces of Wisdom: An Investigation of Cultural-Historical Wisdom Exemplars Reveals Practical, Philosophical, and Benevolent Prototypes

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 662-676

  Weststrate, Nic M ^a   Ferrari, Michel ^a   Ardelt, Monika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

exemplars; implicit theories; narrative; prototypes; wisdom

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ADULT; AGED; BENEFICENCE; FEMALE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENEFICENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962630988     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167216638075     Document Type: Article

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