Human Growth and Development / Unit 15 HGD 2135 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Wisdom in Late Adulthood
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The idea
Wisdom is using intellect and experience to make good decisions about the future, involving perspective-taking, compromise and handling uncertainty.
In practice
A grandmother helping her grandson weigh two job offers by asking what each would mean in ten years.
Where people slip
The misconception is that wisdom comes automatically with age; openness and learning from experience matter more than age alone.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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