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Older but not wiser?
— the relationship between age and wisdom | | Author(s) | Robert J Sternberg |
| Journal title | Ageing International, vol 30, no 1, Winter 2005 |
| Pages | pp 5-26 |
| Source | http://www.transactionpub.com |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Ageing process ; Philosophy ; Theory ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The literature on the relationship between age and wisdom is reviewed. This article opens with a discussion of the different approaches to defining what wisdom is. Philosophical, implicit-theoretical, and explicit-theoretical approaches are considered. The article considers the main perspectives on the relationship between wisdom and ageing. It discusses implicit-theories data relevant to the development of wisdom; and considers explicit-theories data relevant to this development. Among conclusions are that individual differences in and situational variables relevant to the development of wisdom may overwhelm any trends represented by gross group averages. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051010208 A |
| Classmark | D: F: BG: 4DP: 4D: 64A |
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