Judith Glück
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487936 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith Glück |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith |
| FAMILY NAME | Glück |
| SIGNATURE | GLUCK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Klagenfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8923-9306 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Wisdom in action: A call to bridge fields in psychology (and beyond) to solve complex world problems
Twentieth century boosts in creativity and intelligence advanced society in many ways, but humanity still faces major challenges: New and increasingly complex collective problems include climate change, widespread misinformation and political polarization, and the aftermath of the first global pandemic experience. In this article, we argue that these problems cannot be solved by creativity and intelligence alone-they require wisdom . Research on …
Intergenerational Storytelling in China: Teachings About Family, Life, and Society Amidst Cultural-Historical Change
The Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction
The Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction is the first comprehensive coursebook on wisdom, providing an engaging, balanced, and expert introduction to the psychology of wisdom. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the psychological science of wisdom, covering wide-ranging perspectives. Each chapter includes extensive pedagogy, including a summary, a glossary, bolded terms, practical applications, discussion questions, and a brief…
Psychology of Wisdom
Looking Beyond Linear: A Closer Examination of the Relationship Between Wisdom and Wellbeing
There has been some controversy about the relationship between wisdom and constructs of the well-being complex. Some wisdom researchers argue that the ability to maintain a high level of well-being, even in the face of very negative experiences, is a core characteristic of wisdom. Other researchers argue that the willingness of wise people to reflect on the darker sides of life might jeopardize well-being. Studies mostly found moderate positive c…
Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction
Wisdom: The Psychology of Wise Thoughts, Words, and Deeds
The world is simultaneously facing many crises that humanity is failing to solve. Yet, at the same time, humans are smarter (with IQs on average thirty points higher than a century ago) and more knowledgeable (with the world's knowledge base at our fingertips), and scientific advances are accelerating. However, intelligence and knowledge are not enough: wisdom harnesses these strengths to serve the common good. Education is focused on acquiring k…
Wisdom and value orientations: Just a projection of our own beliefs
OBJECTIVES: This paper investigated which value orientations (1) people associate with wisdom and (2) are actually correlated with measures of wisdom. Conceptions of wisdom suggest benevolence and universalism as likely candidates. METHOD: In Study 1, 160 university students reported their political orientation and completed a value survey for themselves and a very wise person; Study 2 used the same approach with a more diverse sample (N = 187). …
New Developments in Psychological Wisdom Research: A Growing Field of Increasing Importance
More on the More Life Experience Model: What We Have Learned (So Far)
We have all had difficult times and challenges in our lives, and most of us feel that we learned something from those experiences. At the same time, few people actually become wise in the course of their lives - while most of us become (or remain) well-adapted and happy, generally satisfied, or even bitter or depressed. Why is it that some people, but not others, grow wise over time by learning from life's challenges (Linley & Joseph, 2004)? In t…
Measuring Wisdom: Existing Approaches, Continuing Challenges, and New Developments
The question how wisdom can best be measured is still open to debate. Currently, there are two groups of wisdom measures: open-ended performance measures and self-report measures. This overview article describes the most popular current measures of wisdom: the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm, the Bremen Wisdom Paradigm, Grossmann's wise-reasoning approach, the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, and the Adult Self-Transcendence…
Hard-earned wisdom: Exploratory processing of difficult life experience is positively associated with wisdom
Laypersons and experts believe that wisdom is cultivated through a diverse range of positive and negative life experiences. Yet, not all individuals with life experience are wise. We propose that one possible determinant of growth in wisdom from life experience is self-reflection. In a life span sample of adults (N = 94) ranging from 26 to 92 years of age, we examined wisdom's relationship to self-reflection by investigating "why" people report r…
Wisdom, Psychology of
Gratitude Is With Me All the Time: How Gratitude Relates to Wisdom
Two important implications of these findings are that wisdom entails an appreciation of life and its experiences, especially the growth opportunities that may result from negative events, and that there may be substantial differences between male and female pathways to wisdom
Who Knows Who Is Wise? Self and Peer Ratings of Wisdom
Depending on the focus of research, peer ratings may be a more suitable measure of wisdom than self-report scales or performance measures
Situations in Which I Was Wise: Autobiographical Wisdom Memories of Children and Adolescents
Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event where another person acted wisely. Most participants reported difficult life situations such as confli…
Psychological Wisdom Research: Commonalities and Differences in a Growing Field
Wisdom represents a fruitful topic for psychological investigations for at least two reasons. First, the study of wisdom emphasizes the search for the continued optimization and the further cultural evolution of the human condition. Second, it exemplifies the collaboration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes. The growth and scope of psychological wisdom research over the past few decades demonstrate that it is possible to investig…
Laypeople's Conceptions of Wisdom and Its Development: Cognitive and Integrative Views
Laypeople's views of wisdom are not unitary, and the way in which wisdom is viewed is related to how it is seen as developing in a person's life. These empirical differences in implicit theories of wisdom map onto theoretical differences in the views of wisdom researchers
Making Things Better and Learning a Lesson: Experiencing Wisdom Across the Lifespan
Autobiographical memory narratives concerning times in which individuals said, thought, or did something wise were collected from adolescents and young and old adults. This “wisdom of experience” procedure is shown to be a valid means of studying experienced wisdom in everyday lives across the life span. Results show that all age groups use experienced wisdom to transform negative to positive life situations and are equally likely to link these e…
Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Rechtsextremismus: Dokumentation einer multidisziplinären Vortragsreihe
Stability and Change of Unidimensionality: The Sample Case of Deductive Reasoning
In most longitudinal studies, researchers take the stability of a latent dimension for granted.This article shows that items assumed to measure a given construct can change their meaning during developmental progress or across cohorts.The authors suggest that Rasch models offer a viable approach to assessing such aspects of dimensionality.First, they outline the general ideas of the Rasch model.Then, they discuss how mixed Rasch models, an explor…
Assessing Changes in the Longitudinal Salience of Items within Constructs
In longitudinal studies, marked changes in item salience may occur even if the internal consistency of a scale remains stable over time.Such changes in the pattern of response probabilities are relevant for the substantive interpretation of the scale scores.Also, there may be interindividual differences in item salience within time points.The article demonstrates how Rasch models can be used to study item salience within and across time points.Al…
Hard-earned wisdom: Exploratory processing of difficult life experience is positively associated with wisdom
Laypersons and experts believe that wisdom is cultivated through a diverse range of positive and negative life experiences. Yet, not all individuals with life experience are wise. We propose that one possible determinant of growth in wisdom from life experience is self-reflection. In a life span sample of adults (N = 94) ranging from 26 to 92 years of age, we examined wisdom's relationship to self-reflection by investigating "why" people report r…
Measuring Wisdom: Existing Approaches, Continuing Challenges, and New Developments
The question how wisdom can best be measured is still open to debate. Currently, there are two groups of wisdom measures: open-ended performance measures and self-report measures. This overview article describes the most popular current measures of wisdom: the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm, the Bremen Wisdom Paradigm, Grossmann's wise-reasoning approach, the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, and the Adult Self-Transcendence…
Laypeople's Conceptions of Wisdom and Its Development: Cognitive and Integrative Views
Laypeople's views of wisdom are not unitary, and the way in which wisdom is viewed is related to how it is seen as developing in a person's life. These empirical differences in implicit theories of wisdom map onto theoretical differences in the views of wisdom researchers
Gratitude Is With Me All the Time: How Gratitude Relates to Wisdom
Two important implications of these findings are that wisdom entails an appreciation of life and its experiences, especially the growth opportunities that may result from negative events, and that there may be substantial differences between male and female pathways to wisdom
Who Knows Who Is Wise? Self and Peer Ratings of Wisdom
Depending on the focus of research, peer ratings may be a more suitable measure of wisdom than self-report scales or performance measures
Situations in Which I Was Wise: Autobiographical Wisdom Memories of Children and Adolescents
Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event where another person acted wisely. Most participants reported difficult life situations such as confli…
Stability and Change of Unidimensionality: The Sample Case of Deductive Reasoning
In most longitudinal studies, researchers take the stability of a latent dimension for granted.This article shows that items assumed to measure a given construct can change their meaning during developmental progress or across cohorts.The authors suggest that Rasch models offer a viable approach to assessing such aspects of dimensionality.First, they outline the general ideas of the Rasch model.Then, they discuss how mixed Rasch models, an explor…
Assessing Changes in the Longitudinal Salience of Items within Constructs
In longitudinal studies, marked changes in item salience may occur even if the internal consistency of a scale remains stable over time.Such changes in the pattern of response probabilities are relevant for the substantive interpretation of the scale scores.Also, there may be interindividual differences in item salience within time points.The article demonstrates how Rasch models can be used to study item salience within and across time points.Al…
Stability and Change of Unidimensionality: The Sample Case of Deductive Reasoning
In most longitudinal studies, researchers take the stability of a latent dimension for granted.This article shows that items assumed to measure a given construct can change their meaning during developmental progress or across cohorts.The authors suggest that Rasch models offer a viable approach to assessing such aspects of dimensionality.First, they outline the general ideas of the Rasch model.Then, they discuss how mixed Rasch models, an explor…
Assessing Changes in the Longitudinal Salience of Items within Constructs
In longitudinal studies, marked changes in item salience may occur even if the internal consistency of a scale remains stable over time.Such changes in the pattern of response probabilities are relevant for the substantive interpretation of the scale scores.Also, there may be interindividual differences in item salience within time points.The article demonstrates how Rasch models can be used to study item salience within and across time points.Al…
Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Rechtsextremismus: Dokumentation einer multidisziplinären Vortragsreihe
Making Things Better and Learning a Lesson: Experiencing Wisdom Across the Lifespan
Autobiographical memory narratives concerning times in which individuals said, thought, or did something wise were collected from adolescents and young and old adults. This “wisdom of experience” procedure is shown to be a valid means of studying experienced wisdom in everyday lives across the life span. Results show that all age groups use experienced wisdom to transform negative to positive life situations and are equally likely to link these e…
Psychological Wisdom Research: Commonalities and Differences in a Growing Field
Wisdom represents a fruitful topic for psychological investigations for at least two reasons. First, the study of wisdom emphasizes the search for the continued optimization and the further cultural evolution of the human condition. Second, it exemplifies the collaboration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes. The growth and scope of psychological wisdom research over the past few decades demonstrate that it is possible to investig…
Laypeople's Conceptions of Wisdom and Its Development: Cognitive and Integrative Views
Laypeople's views of wisdom are not unitary, and the way in which wisdom is viewed is related to how it is seen as developing in a person's life. These empirical differences in implicit theories of wisdom map onto theoretical differences in the views of wisdom researchers
Who Knows Who Is Wise? Self and Peer Ratings of Wisdom
Depending on the focus of research, peer ratings may be a more suitable measure of wisdom than self-report scales or performance measures
Situations in Which I Was Wise: Autobiographical Wisdom Memories of Children and Adolescents
Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event where another person acted wisely. Most participants reported difficult life situations such as confli…
Gratitude Is With Me All the Time: How Gratitude Relates to Wisdom
Two important implications of these findings are that wisdom entails an appreciation of life and its experiences, especially the growth opportunities that may result from negative events, and that there may be substantial differences between male and female pathways to wisdom
Wisdom, Psychology of
Measuring Wisdom: Existing Approaches, Continuing Challenges, and New Developments
The question how wisdom can best be measured is still open to debate. Currently, there are two groups of wisdom measures: open-ended performance measures and self-report measures. This overview article describes the most popular current measures of wisdom: the Berlin Wisdom Paradigm, the Bremen Wisdom Paradigm, Grossmann's wise-reasoning approach, the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale, the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale, and the Adult Self-Transcendence…
Hard-earned wisdom: Exploratory processing of difficult life experience is positively associated with wisdom
Laypersons and experts believe that wisdom is cultivated through a diverse range of positive and negative life experiences. Yet, not all individuals with life experience are wise. We propose that one possible determinant of growth in wisdom from life experience is self-reflection. In a life span sample of adults (N = 94) ranging from 26 to 92 years of age, we examined wisdom's relationship to self-reflection by investigating "why" people report r…
New Developments in Psychological Wisdom Research: A Growing Field of Increasing Importance
More on the More Life Experience Model: What We Have Learned (So Far)
We have all had difficult times and challenges in our lives, and most of us feel that we learned something from those experiences. At the same time, few people actually become wise in the course of their lives - while most of us become (or remain) well-adapted and happy, generally satisfied, or even bitter or depressed. Why is it that some people, but not others, grow wise over time by learning from life's challenges (Linley & Joseph, 2004)? In t…
Wisdom and value orientations: Just a projection of our own beliefs
OBJECTIVES: This paper investigated which value orientations (1) people associate with wisdom and (2) are actually correlated with measures of wisdom. Conceptions of wisdom suggest benevolence and universalism as likely candidates. METHOD: In Study 1, 160 university students reported their political orientation and completed a value survey for themselves and a very wise person; Study 2 used the same approach with a more diverse sample (N = 187). …
Wisdom: The Psychology of Wise Thoughts, Words, and Deeds
The world is simultaneously facing many crises that humanity is failing to solve. Yet, at the same time, humans are smarter (with IQs on average thirty points higher than a century ago) and more knowledgeable (with the world's knowledge base at our fingertips), and scientific advances are accelerating. However, intelligence and knowledge are not enough: wisdom harnesses these strengths to serve the common good. Education is focused on acquiring k…
The Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction
The Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction is the first comprehensive coursebook on wisdom, providing an engaging, balanced, and expert introduction to the psychology of wisdom. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the psychological science of wisdom, covering wide-ranging perspectives. Each chapter includes extensive pedagogy, including a summary, a glossary, bolded terms, practical applications, discussion questions, and a brief…
Psychology of Wisdom
Looking Beyond Linear: A Closer Examination of the Relationship Between Wisdom and Wellbeing
There has been some controversy about the relationship between wisdom and constructs of the well-being complex. Some wisdom researchers argue that the ability to maintain a high level of well-being, even in the face of very negative experiences, is a core characteristic of wisdom. Other researchers argue that the willingness of wise people to reflect on the darker sides of life might jeopardize well-being. Studies mostly found moderate positive c…
Psychology of Wisdom: An Introduction
Intergenerational Storytelling in China: Teachings About Family, Life, and Society Amidst Cultural-Historical Change
Wisdom in action: A call to bridge fields in psychology (and beyond) to solve complex world problems
Twentieth century boosts in creativity and intelligence advanced society in many ways, but humanity still faces major challenges: New and increasingly complex collective problems include climate change, widespread misinformation and political polarization, and the aftermath of the first global pandemic experience. In this article, we argue that these problems cannot be solved by creativity and intelligence alone-they require wisdom . Research on …
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