Quest for defining wisdom in psychology: A brief overview

Pages:568-570
Sreerupa Ghose and Sanjukta Das (Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata)

Wisdom has been recognized as an important human virtue for ages and in all societies. But history of wisdom in psychology is a brief one and the existing literature is limited. Wisdom being a complex concept, the studies done so far in psychology have primarily focused on the issue of defining wisdom. The present study purports to explore the different definitions of wisdom proposed by the pioneering researchers in the field.