The Cambridge handbook of wisdom

Foundations of wisdom

Conceptions of wisdom

Measures of wisdom

The development of wisdom

Cultural perspectives on wisdom

Wisdom and other psychological constructs

Wisdom in action

Conclusions.

Part 1. Foundations of wisdom. Race to Samarra: the critical importance of wisdom in the world today / Robert J. Sternberg

Philosophical foundations of wisdom / Jason Swartwood and Valerie Tiberius

Sociocultural foundations of wisdom / Ricca Edmondson and Markus H. Woerner

Neurobiology of wisdom / Ellen E. Lee and Dilip V. Jeste

part 2. Conceptions of wisdom. Wisdom of the crowd: exploring people's conceptions of wisdom / Nic M. Weststrate, Susan Bluck, and Judith Glück

Wisdom as self-transcendence / Carolyn M. Aldwin, Heidi Igarashi, and Michael R. Levenson

wisdom as a personality type / Monika Ardelt, Stephen Pridgen, and Kathryn L. Nutter-Pridgen

Why people often prefer wise guys to guys who are wise: an augmented balance theory of the production and reception of wisdom / Robert J. Sternberg

The distinction between personal and general wisdom: how far have we come / Ursula M. Staudinger

Wise reasoning: converging evidence for the psychology of sound judgment / Harrison Oakes, Justin P. Brienza, Abdo Elnakouri, and Igor Grossmann

Practical wisdom: what Aristotle might add to psychology / Barry Schwartz and Kenneth E. Sharpe

Wisdom as state versus trait / Igor Grossmann, Franki Y. H. Kung, and Henri C. Santos

part 3. Measures of wisdom. Performance-based measures of wisdom: state of the art and future directions / Ute Kunzmann

Self-report wisdom measures: strengths limitations and future directions / Jeffrey Dean Webster

part 4. The development of wisdom. The development of wisdom during adulthood / Judith Glück

Educating for wisdom / Michel Ferrari and Juensung Kim

Teaching for wisdom / Robert J. Sternberg and Emily S. Hagen

part 5. Cultural perspectives on wisdom. Cultural differences in wisdom and conceptions of wisdom / Michel Ferrari and Fatemeh Alhosseini

Non-western lay conceptions of wisdom / Shih-ying Yang and Ali Intezari

part 6. Wisdom and other psychological constructs. Creativity, intelligence, and wisdom: could versus should / Sarah F. Lynch and James C. Kaufman

Giftedness and wisdom / Don Ambrose

Low levels of wisdom: foolishness / Balazs Aczel

The mirror of wisdom: self reflection as a developmental precursor and core competency of wise people / Nic M. Weststrate

Identity and purpose in life as building blocks for wisdom / Kaylin Ratner and Anthony L. Burrow

Wisdom, morality, and ethics / Robert J. Sternberg and Judith Glück

Wisdom and emotion / Ute Kunzmann and Judith Glück

Wisdom and well-being / Monika Ardelt

Relationship between wisdom and spirituality: an expanded theoretical model with mysticism and gerotranscendence / Masami Takahashi

part 7. Wisdom in action. Wise leadership / Bernard McKenna and David Rooney

Professional wisdom: functions and processes of psychotherapeutic and judicial wisdom / Heidi M. Levitt and Lauren M. Grabowski

Wisdom in medical decision-making / Lauris C. Kaldjian

Wisdom in history and politics / Lloyd S. Etheredge

The urgent need for social wisdom / Nicholas Maxwell

Conclusions. Why Is wisdom such an obscure field of inquiry and what can and should be done about it? / Robert J. Sternberg, Judith Glück.