Human Growth and Development / Unit 13 HGD 1831 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Measuring Wisdom
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The idea
Wisdom is measured by performance, as in the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm, where people advise a fictional person facing a life problem, or by self-report scales.
In practice
Americans and Australians linking wisdom to experience and knowledge, while Indians and Japanese link it to discretion.
Where people slip
Wisdom reflects applying experience to hard problems, along with openness and creativity, rather than age alone.
Your place on the trail
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