Part I. Foundations of Wisdom: 1. Race to Samarra: the critical importance
of wisdom in the world today Robert J. Sternberg; 2. Philosophical
foundations of wisdom Jason Swartwood and Valerie Tiberius; 3.
Socio-cultural foundations of wisdom Ricca Edmondson and Markus Woerner; 4.
Neurobiology of wisdom Ellen Lee and Dilip V. Jeste; Part II. Conceptions
of Wisdom: 5. Wisdom of the crowd: exploring people's conceptions of wisdom
Nic M. Weststrate, Susan Bluck and Judith Glück; 6. Wisdom as
self-transcendence Carolyn M. Aldwin, Heidi Igarashi and Michael R.
Levenson; 7. Wisdom as a personality type Monika Ardelt, Stephen Pridgen
and Kathryn L. Nutter-Pridgen; 8. 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; 9. General and personal wisdom Ursula
Staudinger; 10. Wise reasoning: converging evidence for the psychology of
sound judgment Harrison Oakes, Justin P. Brienza, Abdo Elnakouri and Igor
Grossmann; 11. Practical wisdom: what Aristotle might add to psychology
Barry Schwartz and Kenneth A. Sharpe; 12. Wisdom as state vs trait Igor
Grossmann, Franki Y. H. Kung and Henri C. Santos; Part III. Measures of
Wisdom: 13. Performance-based measures of wisdom: state of the art and
future directions Ute Kunzmann; 14. Self-report wisdom measures: strengths,
limitations, and future directions Jeffrey Webster; Part IV. The
Development of Wisdom: 15. The development of wisdom during adulthood
Judith Glück; 16. Developing and teaching for wisdom Michel Ferrari and
Juensung Kim; 17. Teaching for wisdom Robert J. Sternberg and Emily S.
Hagen; Part V. Cultural Perspectives on Wisdom: 18. Cultural differences in
wisdom and conceptions of wisdom Michel Ferrari and Fatemeh Alhosseini; 19.
Non-Western lay conceptions of wisdom Shih-ying Yang and Ali Intezari; Part
VI. Wisdom and Other Psychological Constructs: 20. Creativity,
intelligence, and wisdom: could vs should Sarah F. Lynch and James C.
Kaufman; 21. Giftedness and wisdom Don Ambrose; 22. Low levels of
wisdom-foolishness Balazs Aczel; 23. Wisdom and reflection Nic M.
Weststrate; 24. Identity and purpose in life as building blocks for wisdom
Kaylin Ratner and Anthony L. Burrow; 25. Wisdom, morality, and ethics
Robert J. Sternberg and Judith Glück; 26. Wisdom and emotions Ute Kunzmann
and Judith Glück; 27. Wisdom and well-being Monika Ardelt; 28. Relationship
between wisdom and spirituality: an expanded theoretical model with
mysticism and gerotranscendence Masami Takahashi; Part VII. Wisdom in
Action: 29. Wise leadership Bernard McKenna and David Rooney; 30.
Professional wisdom: functions and processes of psychotherapeutic and
judicial wisdom Heidi M. Levitt and Lauren M. Grabowski; 31. Wisdom in
medical decision making Lauris C. Kaldjian; 32. Wisdom in history and
politics Lloyd Etheredge; 33. The urgent need for social wisdom Nicholas
Maxwell; Part VIII. Conclusions: 34. Why is wisdom such an obscure field of
inquiry and what can and should be done about it? Robert J. Sternberg and
Judith Glück.

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