Question 1

Studies with young adults have found that wisdom is related to having ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  high intelligence 
B)  a greater investment in hedonistic pursuits 
C)  a solid and consistent ego 
D)  a broad skill set 
A)  high intelligence 
B)  a greater investment in hedonistic pursuits 
C)  a solid and consistent ego 
D)  a broad skill set

Question 2

What was a component of Cicero's view on courage?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical strength 
B)  swiftness 
C)  confidence 
D)  vitality 
A)  physical strength 
B)  swiftness 
C)  confidence 
D)  vitality

Question 3

Discuss how courage can be conceptualized differently across cultures.

Accepted Answer

Varies. Students should discuss the conc

Question 4

Which of the following people best exemplifies moral courage?

Accepted Answer

A)  someone who supports an atheist student at a religious school 
B)  someone who intervenes in a domestic dispute 
C)  someone who is learning how to walk again after being injured in a car accident 
D)  someone who joined the military after 9/11 
A)  someone who supports an atheist student at a religious school 
B)  someone who intervenes in a domestic dispute 
C)  someone who is learning how to walk again after being injured in a car accident 
D)  someone who joined the military after 9/11

Question 5

The Milgram study demonstrated that people are willing to act courageously even when they are uncertain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What was the theme of Robert Martin's article on attaining wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  if wisdom has negative consequences for happiness 
B)  whether it can exist alongside having low intelligence 
C)  why we cannot use it more often 
D)  the difficulty in understanding the concept of wisdom 
A)  if wisdom has negative consequences for happiness 
B)  whether it can exist alongside having low intelligence 
C)  why we cannot use it more often 
D)  the difficulty in understanding the concept of wisdom

Question 7

Which type of courage can be considered the "equal opportunity" form of courage that doesn't require special training?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical 
B)  vital 
C)  psychological 
D)  moral 
A)  physical 
B)  vital 
C)  psychological 
D)  moral

Question 8

Measures of courage are not common, in large part due to the lack of a comprehensive theory of courage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following people is correctly matched with the core of their viewpoint on developing wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Erickson; family conflicts 
B)  Jung; integrity 
C)  Sternberg; personality characteristics 
D)  Baltes; generativity 
A)  Erickson; family conflicts 
B)  Jung; integrity 
C)  Sternberg; personality characteristics 
D)  Baltes; generativity

Question 10

In their Values in Action classification system, Peterson and Seligman considered which of the following to be a core human virtue related to courage?

Accepted Answer

A)  wisdom 
B)  valor 
C)  satisfaction 
D)  discontent 
A)  wisdom 
B)  valor 
C)  satisfaction 
D)  discontent

Question 11

What did Baltes and Staudinger find when examining wisdom in people between the ages of 25 and 75?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wisdom was positively correlated with age. 
B)  Wisdom was not associated with age in this age range. 
C)  Wisdom was negatively correlated with age. 
D)  Wisdom was highest around the age of 50. 
A)  Wisdom was positively correlated with age. 
B)  Wisdom was not associated with age in this age range. 
C)  Wisdom was negatively correlated with age. 
D)  Wisdom was highest around the age of 50.

Question 12

What does Jung claim must happen to gain wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Someone must resolve conflicts pertaining to the family unit. 
B)  A person must overcome inferiority and strive for superiority. 
C)  Someone must resolve psychic conflicts between the id, ego, and superego. 
D)  A person must develop integrity and avoid despair. 
A)  Someone must resolve conflicts pertaining to the family unit. 
B)  A person must overcome inferiority and strive for superiority. 
C)  Someone must resolve psychic conflicts between the id, ego, and superego. 
D)  A person must develop integrity and avoid despair.

Question 13

The stories in Jerome Groopman's The Anatomy of Hope were examples of what type of courage?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical 
B)  vital 
C)  moral 
D)  psychological 
A)  physical 
B)  vital 
C)  moral 
D)  psychological

Question 14

Which of the following was a finding of Monica Ardelt's "Berkeley Guidance Project?"

Accepted Answer

A)  The quality of a person's social environment in early adulthood has a significant effect on the development of wisdom. 
B)  Significant gender differences exist in terms of the developmental course of wisdom. 
C)  Children today are significantly wiser than children born in the 1950s. 
D)  Children in California are significantly wiser than children in the rest of America. 
A)  The quality of a person's social environment in early adulthood has a significant effect on the development of wisdom. 
B)  Significant gender differences exist in terms of the developmental course of wisdom. 
C)  Children today are significantly wiser than children born in the 1950s. 
D)  Children in California are significantly wiser than children in the rest of America.

Question 15

What group of professionals has been found to have high levels of wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  trial lawyers 
B)  registered nurses 
C)  creative writers 
D)  clinical psychologists 
A)  trial lawyers 
B)  registered nurses 
C)  creative writers 
D)  clinical psychologists

Question 16

What did Sternberg (1985) and Holliday and Chandler (1986) search for in their studies on wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  why wisdom is not more common 
B)  if wisdom exists across cultures 
C)  when wisdom begins in children 
D)  the factors that underlie wisdom 
A)  why wisdom is not more common 
B)  if wisdom exists across cultures 
C)  when wisdom begins in children 
D)  the factors that underlie wisdom

Question 17

The Greek term phronesis refers to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  practical wisdom 
B)  knowledge 
C)  abstract thought 
D)  implicit wisdom 
A)  practical wisdom 
B)  knowledge 
C)  abstract thought 
D)  implicit wisdom

Question 18

What has been demonstrated about gender differences in wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. 
B)  Younger men had the highest level of affective wisdom. 
C)  Women who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. 
D)  Younger women had the lowest level of affective wisdom. 
A)  Men who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. 
B)  Younger men had the highest level of affective wisdom. 
C)  Women who were wise tend to follow a more cognitive orientation. 
D)  Younger women had the lowest level of affective wisdom.

Question 19

People who viewed stressful experiences as "turning points" showed higher wisdom than those who did not.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What decade has been found to be a major time in the development of wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  46-55 
B)  36-45 
C)  26-35 
D)  15-25 
A)  46-55 
B)  36-45 
C)  26-35 
D)  15-25

Studies with young adults have found that wisdom is related to having ______.

What was a component of Cicero's view on courage?

Discuss how courage can be conceptualized differently across cultures.

Which of the following people best exemplifies moral courage?

The Milgram study demonstrated that people are willing to act courageously even when they are uncertain.

What was the theme of Robert Martin's article on attaining wisdom?

Which type of courage can be considered the "equal opportunity" form of courage that doesn't require special training?

Measures of courage are not common, in large part due to the lack of a comprehensive theory of courage.

Which of the following people is correctly matched with the core of their viewpoint on developing wisdom?

In their Values in Action classification system, Peterson and Seligman considered which of the following to be a core human virtue related to courage?

What did Baltes and Staudinger find when examining wisdom in people between the ages of 25 and 75?

What does Jung claim must happen to gain wisdom?

The stories in Jerome Groopman's The Anatomy of Hope were examples of what type of courage?

Which of the following was a finding of Monica Ardelt's "Berkeley Guidance Project?"

What group of professionals has been found to have high levels of wisdom?

What did Sternberg (1985) and Holliday and Chandler (1986) search for in their studies on wisdom?

The Greek term phronesis refers to ______.

What has been demonstrated about gender differences in wisdom?

People who viewed stressful experiences as "turning points" showed higher wisdom than those who did not.

What decade has been found to be a major time in the development of wisdom?

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Exam 9: Wisdom and Courage: Characteristics of the Wise and the Brave

Studies with young adults have found that wisdom is related to having ______.

What was a component of Cicero's view on courage?

Discuss how courage can be conceptualized differently across cultures.

Which of the following people best exemplifies moral courage?

The Milgram study demonstrated that people are willing to act courageously even when they are uncertain.

What was the theme of Robert Martin's article on attaining wisdom?

Which type of courage can be considered the "equal opportunity" form of courage that doesn't require special training?

Measures of courage are not common, in large part due to the lack of a comprehensive theory of courage.

Which of the following people is correctly matched with the core of their viewpoint on developing wisdom?

In their Values in Action classification system, Peterson and Seligman considered which of the following to be a core human virtue related to courage?

What did Baltes and Staudinger find when examining wisdom in people between the ages of 25 and 75?

What does Jung claim must happen to gain wisdom?

The stories in Jerome Groopman's The Anatomy of Hope were examples of what type of courage?

Which of the following was a finding of Monica Ardelt's "Berkeley Guidance Project?"

What group of professionals has been found to have high levels of wisdom?

What did Sternberg (1985) and Holliday and Chandler (1986) search for in their studies on wisdom?

The Greek term phronesis refers to ______.

What has been demonstrated about gender differences in wisdom?

People who viewed stressful experiences as "turning points" showed higher wisdom than those who did not.

What decade has been found to be a major time in the development of wisdom?

Welcome to Positive Psychology

Eastern and Western Perspectives on Positive Psychology

Classifications and Measures of Strengths and Positive Outcomes

The Role of Culture in Developing Strengths and Living Well

Living Well at Every Stage of Life

The Principles of Pleasure: Understanding Positive Affect, Positive Emotions, Happiness, and Well-Being

Making the Most of Emotional Experiences: Emotion-Focused Coping, Emotional Intelligence, Socioemotional Selectivity, and Emotional Storytelling

Seeing Our Futures Through Self-Efficacy, Optimism, and Hope

Mindfulness, Flow, and Spirituality: in Search of Optimal Experiences

Empathy and Egotism: Portals to Altruism, Gratitude, and Forgiveness

Attachment, Love, Flourishing Relationships, and Forgiveness

Balanced Conceptualizations of Mental Health and Behavior

Preventing the Bad and Promoting the Good

Positive Schooling and Good Work: the Psychology of Gainful Employment and the Education That Gets Us There

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