What makes someone seem wise? People view wisdom through the lens of applying knowledge and thinking logically as well as considering others' feelings and perceptions, according to researchers who looked at perceptions of wisdom across 12 countries and five continents.
What makes someone seem wise? People view wisdom through the lens of applying knowledge and thinking logically as well as considering others' feelings and perceptions, according to researchers who looked at perceptions of wisdom across 12 countries and five continents.
"To our surprise, the two dimensions emerged across all cultural regions we studied, and both were associated with explicit attribution of wisdom," said Dr. Maksim Rudnev, a postdoctoral research associate in psychology at Waterloo and lead author. The collaboration among 26 research institutions was coordinated by the Geography of Philosophy consortium and included researchers from North and South Americas , Asia , Africa , and Europe .
"Understanding perceptions of wisdom around the world has implications for leadership, education and cross-cultural communication. It is the first step in understanding universal principles in how others perceive wisdom people in different contexts."M. Rudnev, H. C. Barrett, W. Buckwalter, E. Machery, S. Stich, K. Barr, A. Bencherifa, R. F. Clancy, D. L. Crone, Y. Deguchi, E. Fabiano, A. D. Fodeman, B. Guennoun, J. Halamová, T. Hashimoto, J. Homan, M. Kanovský, K.
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