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What is Wisdom and How Can We Develop It?

Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise at Yale

Wisdom is the use of one’s intelligence and experience as mediated by values toward the achievement of a common good through a balance among (1) intrapersonal, (2) interpersonal, and (3) extrapersonal interests, over the (1) short and (2) long terms, to achieve a balance among (1) adaptation to existing environments, (2) shaping of existing environments, and (3) selection of new environments. This article discusses the balance theory of wisdom, and how wisdom can be assessed and developed.

Key Words: wisdom • common good • values • intelligence

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 591, No. 1, 164-174 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0002716203260097


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