Paul B. Baltes (1939–2006)
Wisdom
For information on the on the Berlin wisdom paradigm, see pp. 196-200 of the Annual Research Report 2003–2004 of the Center for Lifespan Psychology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. To download the PDF file, click here.
Baltes, P. B. (1990). Weisheit als Expertenwissen: Lebenswissen und Altersintelligenz. In H. Scheidgen, P. Strittmatter, & W. H. Tack (Eds.), Information ist noch kein Wissen (pp. 169–186). Weinheim: Beltz.
Baltes, P. B., & Freund, A. M. (2003). Human strengths as the orchestration of wisdom and selective optimization with compensation (SOC). In L. G. Aspinwall & U. M. Staudinger (Eds.), A psychology of human strengths: Perspectives on an emerging field (pp. 23–35). Washington, DC: APA Books.
Baltes, P. B., & Freund, A. M. (2003). The intermarriage of wisdom and selective optimization with compensation (SOC): Two meta-heuristics guiding the conduct of life. In C. L. M. Keyes & J. Haidt (Eds.), Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well-lived (pp. 249–273). Washington, DC: APA Books.
Baltes, P. B., Glück, J., & Kunzmann, U. (2002). Wisdom: Its structure and function in regulating successful lifespan development. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp. 327–347). New York: Oxford University Press.
Baltes, P. B., & Kunzmann, U. (2004). The two faces of wisdom: Wisdom as a general theory of knowledge and judgment about excellence in mind and virtue vs. wisdom as everyday realization in people and products. Human Development, 47, 290–299. Abstract
Baltes, P. B., & U. Kunzmann. (2003). Wisdom. The Psychologist, 16, 131–132. Full text
Baltes, P. B., & Kunzmann, U. (in press). Wisdom and aging: The road toward excellence in mind and character. In D. C. Park & N. Schwarz (Eds.), Cognitive aging: A primer (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
Baltes, P. B., & Smith, J. (1990). The psychology of wisdom and its ontogenesis. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Wisdom: Its nature, origins, and development (pp. 87–120). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Baltes, P. B., & Smith, J. (1990). Weisheit und Weisheitsentwicklung: Prolegomena zu einer psychologischen Weisheitstheorie. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 22, 95–135.
Baltes, P. B., & Smith, J. (2008). The fascination of wisdom: Its nature, ontogeny, and function. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 3, 56–64. Abstract
Baltes, P. B., Smith, J., & Staudinger, U. M. (1992). Wisdom and successful aging. In T. Sonderegger (Ed.), Nebraska symposium on motivation (Vol. 39, pp. 123–167). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Baltes, P. B., Smith, J., Staudinger, U. M., & Sowarka, D. (1990). Wisdom: One facet of successful aging? In M. Perlmutter (Ed.), Late life potential (pp. 63–81). Washington, DC: The Gerontological Society of America.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (1993). The search for a psychology of wisdom. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2, 75–80.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (1995). Wisdom. In G. L. Maddox (Ed.), Encyclopedia of aging (2nd ed., pp. 971–974). New York: Springer.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (Eds.). (1996). Interactive minds: Life-span perspectives on the social foundation of cognition. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (1998). Wisdom. In H. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health (pp. 699–706). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55, 122–136. Full text
Baltes, P. B., Staudinger, U. M., Maercker, A., & Smith, J. (1995). People nominated as wise: A comparative study of wisdom-related knowledge. Psychology and Aging, 10, 155–166. Abstract
Böhmig-Krumhaar, S. A., Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2002). Mehr Toleranz tut Not: Lässt sich wert-relativierendes Wissen und Urteilen mit Hilfe einer wissensaktivierenden Gedächtnisstrategie verbessern? Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 34, 30–43. Abstract
Dittmann-Kohli, F., & Baltes, P. B. (1990). Toward a neofunctionalist conception of adult intellectual development: Wisdom as a prototypical case of intellectual growth. In C. Alexander & E. Langer (Eds.), Higher stages of human development: Perspectives on adult growth (pp. 54–78). New York: Oxford University Press.
Glück, J., & Baltes, P. B. (2006). Using the concept of wisdom to enhance the expression of wisdom knowledge: Not the philosopher's dream but differential effects of developmental preparedness. Psychology and Aging, 21, 679–690. Abstract
Kunzmann, U., & Baltes, P. B. (2003). Beyond the traditional scope of intelligence: Wisdom in action. In R. J. Sternberg, J. Lautrey, & T. I. Lubart (Eds.), Models of intelligence: International perspectives (pp. 329–343). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kunzmann, U., & Baltes, P. B. (2003). Wisdom-related knowledge: Affective, motivational, and interpersonal correlates. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1104–1119. Abstract
Kunzmann, U., & Baltes, P. B. (2005). The psychology of wisdom: Theoretical and empirical challenges. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Jordan (Eds.), Handbook of wisdom: Psychological perspectives (pp. 110–135). New York: Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Kunzmann, U., & Stange, J. (2006). Wisdom as a classical human strength: Psychological conceptualizations and empirical inquiry. In A. D. Ong & H. M. Van Dulmen (Eds.), Oxford handbook of methods in positive psychology (pp. 306–322). New York: Oxford University Press.
Pasupathi, M., & Baltes, P. B. (2000). Wisdom. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 8, pp. 249–253). New York: Oxford University Press.
Pasupathi, M., & Staudinger, U. M. (2001). Do advanced moral reasoners also show wisdom? Linking moral reasoning and wisdom-related knowledge and judgment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 401–415. Abstract
Pasupathi, M., Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (2001). Seeds of wisdom: Adolescents' knowledge and judgment about difficult life problems. Developmental Psychology, 37, 351–361. Abstract
Scheibe, S., Kunzmann, U., & Baltes, P. B. (2007). Wisdom, life longings, and optimal development. In J. A. Blackburn & C. N. Dulmus (Eds.), Handbook of gerontology: Evidence-based approaches to theory, practice, and policy (pp. 117–142). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Scheibe, S., Kunzmann, U., & Baltes, P. B. (in press). New territories of positive lifespan development: Wisdom and life longings. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Smith, J. (2007). The allure of wisdom: Review of an unfinished book by Paul B. Baltes. Human Development, 50, 367–370.
Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1990). Wisdom-related knowledge: Age/cohort differences in responses to life planning problems. Developmental Psychology, 26, 494–505. Abstract
Smith, J., Dixon, R. A., & Baltes, P. B. (1989). Expertise in life-planning: A new research approach to investigating aspects of wisdom. In M. L. Commons, J. D. Sinnott, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations II (Vol. 1, pp. 307–331). New York: Praeger.
Smith, J., Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1994). Occupational settings facilitating wisdom-related knowledge: The sample case of clinical psychologists. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 989–999. Abstract
Stange, A. (2005). The social dimension of wisdom: Conditions for perceiving advice-giving persons as wise. Doctoral thesis, Free University of Berlin. Available online at http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/2006/462/.
Stange, A., & Kunzmann, U. (in press). Fostering wisdom: A psychological perspective. In M. Ferrari & G. Potworowski (Eds.), Teaching for wisdom: Cross-cultural perspectives on fostering wisdom. New York: Springer.
Staudinger, U. M. (1996). Wisdom and the social-interactive foundation of the mind. In P. B. Baltes & U. M. Staudinger (Eds.), Interactive minds: Life-span perspectives on the social foundation of cognition (pp. 276–315). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M. (2001). Wisdom, psychology of. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Eds.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences (Vol. 24, pp. 16510–16514). Oxford: Elsevier Science. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M. (2008). A psychology of wisdom: History and recent developments. Research in Human Development, 5, 107–120. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., & Dörner, J. (2007). Weisheit, Einsicht und Persönlichkeit. In J. Brandtstädter & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Entwicklungspsychologie der Lebensspanne: Ein Lehrbuch (pp. 656–680). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1994). Psychology of wisdom. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Encyclopedia of intelligence (Vol. 1, pp. 143–152). New York: Macmillan.
Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1995). Gedächtnis, Weisheit und Lebenserfahrung: Zur Ontogenese als Zusammenwirken von Biologie und Kultur. In D. Dörner & E. Van der Meer (Eds.), Gedächtnis. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Friedhart Klix (pp. 433–484). Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe.
Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1996). Interactive minds: A facilitative setting for wisdom-related performance? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 746–762. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., & Baltes, P. B. (1996). Weisheit als Gegenstand psychologischer Forschung. Psychologische Rundschau, 47, 57–77. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., Lopez, D., & Baltes, P. B. (1997). The psychometric location of wisdom-related performance: Intelligence, personality, and more? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 1200–1214. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., Maciel, A., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1998). What predicts wisdom-related knowledge? A first look at the role of personality, intelligence, and facilitative experiential contexts. European Journal of Personality, 12, 1–17. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1992). Wisdom-related knowledge in a life review task: Age differences and the role of professional specialization. Psychology and Aging, 7, 271–281. Abstract
Staudinger, U. M., Smith, J., & Baltes, P. B. (1994). Manual for
the assessment of wisdom-related knowledge (Materialien aus der Bildungsforschung
Nr. 46). Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung. Full text
Colleagues in the former Wisdom Project at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. Listed in alphabetical order:
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Last updated 05/2008