Conceptions of Wisdom among Taiwanese Chinese

@article{1422, abstract = {To fully understand wisdom, culture must be taken into account. Several previous studies have shown that people in diverse cultures define wisdom differently. Two studies investigated the concept of wisdom in Taiwanese Chinese culture through examination of implicit theories of wisdom. In study 1, a master list of the behavioral attributes of a wise person was compiled from the responses of 296 adult participants. Another group of adult participants (N = 616) was asked to rate this master list for wisdom in study 2. The ratings were factor analyzed. Results show that Taiwanese Chinese have well-formed conceptions of wisdom consisting of four factors: competencies and knowledge, benevolence and compassion, openness and profundity, and modesty and unobtrusiveness. A tentative definition of wisdom is proposed according to these findings. 10.1177/0022022101032006002}, author = {Yang, Shihying and Anonymous}, citeulike-article-id = {2727202}, doi = {10.1177/0022022101032006002}, journal = {Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology}, keywords = {file-import-08-04-28, hardcopy, positive, psyc2030, wisdom}, pages = {662--680}, posted-at = {2008-04-28 04:35:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Conceptions of Wisdom among Taiwanese Chinese}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022101032006002}, volume = {32} }

TY - JOUR ID - 1422 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2727202 TI - Conceptions of Wisdom among Taiwanese Chinese JF - Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology VL - 32 SP - 662 EP - 680 N2 - To fully understand wisdom, culture must be taken into account. Several previous studies have shown that people in diverse cultures define wisdom differently. Two studies investigated the concept of wisdom in Taiwanese Chinese culture through examination of implicit theories of wisdom. In study 1, a master list of the behavioral attributes of a wise person was compiled from the responses of 296 adult participants. Another group of adult participants (N = 616) was asked to rate this master list for wisdom in study 2. The ratings were factor analyzed. Results show that Taiwanese Chinese have well-formed conceptions of wisdom consisting of four factors: competencies and knowledge, benevolence and compassion, openness and profundity, and modesty and unobtrusiveness. A tentative definition of wisdom is proposed according to these findings. 10.1177/0022022101032006002 KW - file-import-08-04-28 KW - hardcopy KW - positive KW - psyc2030 KW - wisdom AU - Yang, Shihying AU - Anonymous UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022022101032006002 ER -