A handbook of wisdom :  psychological perspectives / 
edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Jennifer Jordan. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University,  2005. 
 - xvii, 387 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Part I: Theories of wisdom across time, culture, and peoples -- Wisdom in history / James E. Birren and Cheryl M. Svensson -- Cultural foundations of wisdom : an integrated developmental approach / Masami Takahashi and Willis F. Overton -- Philosophical theories of wisdom / Lisa M. Osbeck and Daniel N. Robinson -- From the inside out : people's implicit theories of wisdom / Susan Bluck and Judith Glück -- The psychology of wisdom : theoretical and empirical challenges / Ute Kunzmann & Paul B. Baltes -- Part II: The development of wisdom across the lifespan -- Young and growing wiser : wisdom during adolescence and young adulthood / M.J. Richardson & M. Pasupathi -- The quest for wisdom in adulthood: a psychological perspective / Jennifer Jordan -- Part III: Wisdom and the person -- Wisdom and personality / Ursula M. Staudinger, Jessica Dörner, Charlotte Mickler -- The role of emotions in the development of wisdom / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura -- Part IV: Wisdom in society -- Morality, ethics, and wisdom / Joel J. Kupperman -- Crossing boundaries to generative wisdom : an analysis of professional work / Jeffrey L. Solomon, Paula Marshall and Howard Gardner -- Wisdom in public policy / Lloyd S. Etheredge -- Part V :The absence of wisdom -- Foolishness / Robert J. Sternberg. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521834015 (hardcover) 0521541824 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004024337 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wisdom.<br/>Conduct of life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1595  / .H29 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>150/.1