Find selected publications on wisdom measurement, subcomponents of wisdom & wisdom related tasks & measures!
A new scale for assessing wisdom based on common domains and a neurobiological model: The San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-WISE)
Thomas, M. L., Bangen, K. J., Palmer, B.W., ...& Jeste, D. (2017). A new scale for assessing wisdom based on common domains and a neurobiological model: The San Diego Wisdom Scale (SD-Wise). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 1-8. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.09.005 [link]
Empirical assessment of a three-dimensional wisdom scale
Ardelt, M. (2003). Empirical assessment of a three-dimensional wisdom scale. Research on Aging, 25(3), 275-324. [link]
Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence
Baltes, P. B., & Staudinger, U. M. (2000). Wisdom: A metaheuristic (pragmatic) to orchestrate mind and virtue toward excellence. American Psychologist, 55, 122-136. [pdf]
Wisdom-related Tasks
Staudinger, U.M. & Baltes, P.B. (1996). Interactive minds: A facilitative setting for wisdom-related performance? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71(4), 746-762. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.71.4.746 [link]
How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures
Glück, J., König, S., Naschenweng, K., Redzanowski, U., Dorner, L., Straβer, I. & Wiedermann, W. (2013). How to measure wisdom: Content, reliability, and validity of five measures. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 405. [link]
Self-Transcendence: Conceptualization and Measurement
Levenson, M.R., Jennings, P.A., Aldwin, C.M., & Shiraishi, R.W. (2005). Self-Transcendence: Conceptualization and Measurement. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 60(2), 127-143. [pdf]
Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Two Measures of Wisdom
Taylor, M., Bates, G., & Webster, J.D. (2011). Comparing the Psychometric Properties of Two Measures of Wisdom: Predicting Forgiveness and Psychological Well-Being with the Self-Assessed Wisdom Scale (SAWS) and the Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS). Experimental Aging Research, 37(2), 129-41. [link]
Measuring the character strength of wisdom
Webster, J.D. (2007). Measuring the character strength of wisdom. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 65(2), 163-183. [link]
Wise-Reasoning Questions
Grossmann, I., & Kross, E. (2014). Exploring "Solomon's paradox": Self-distancing eliminates the self-other asymmetry in wise reasoning about close relations in younger and older adults. Psychological Science, 1-10. [link]
Situated Wise Reasoning Scale (SWIS)
Brienza, J. P., Kung, F., Santos, H. C., Bobocel, D. R, & Grossmann, I. (2017). Wisdom, bias, and balance: Toward a process-sensitive measurement of wisdom-related cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000171 [link]
Defining and assessing wisdom: A review of the literature
Bangen K.J., Meeks, T.W., & Jeste, D.V. (2013). Defining and assessing wisdom: A review of the literature. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(12), 1254-1266. [link]
Emotion Regulation Questionnaire
Gross, J. J. & John, O. P. (2003). Individual differences in two emotion regulation processes: Implications for affect, relationships, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 348-362. [link]
Emotion Contagion Scale
Doherty, R. W. (1997). The Emotional contagion scale: A measure of individual differences. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 21, pp. 131-154. [link]
Toronto Alexithymia Scale
Bagby, R.M., Parker, J.D.A. & Taylor, G. J. (1994). The twenty-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale-I. Item selection and cross-validation of the factor structure. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 38(1), 23-32. [link]
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Adults
Spielberger, C.D. (1983). State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Palo Alto (CA): Consulting Psychologists Press.
Self-Compassion: A Healthier Way of Relating to Yourself
Dr. Kristin Neff, Associate Professor in Human Development and Culture, Educational Psychology Department, University of Texas at Austin, is author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself(2011). Her website provides information and resources about self-compassion, and is intended for students, researchers, and the general public. How self-compassionate are you? [link]
Prosocial Personality Battery
Penner, L.A., Fritzsche, B.A., Craiger, J.P., & Freifeld, T.R. (1995). Measuring the prosocial personality. In J. Butcher & C. D. Spielberger (Eds.) Advances in personality assessment.(Vol. 10). Hillsdale, NJ: LEA. [link]
Reading the Mind in the Eyes
Baron-Cohen, S., Wheetwright, S., Hill, J., Raste, Y., & Plumb, I. (2001). The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test revised version: A study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning Autism. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 42, 241-251. [link]
Short Story Task
Dodell-Feder, D., Lincoln, S.H., Coulson, J.P., & Hooker, C.I. (2013). Using Fiction to Assess Mental State Understanding: A New Task for Assessing Theory of Mind in Adults. PlosONe, 8(11), e81279. [link]
Spontaneous Theory of Mind Protocol (STOMP)
Rice, K. & Redcay, E. (2014). Spontaneous mentalizing captures variability in the cortical thickness of social brain regions. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu081.[link]
Director Task
Wu, S. & Keysar, B. (2007). The Effect of Culture on Perspective Taking. Psychological Science, 18(7), 600-606. [link]
Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy
Reniers, R.L., Corcoran, R., Drake, R., Shryane, N.M., Völlm, B.A. (2011). The QCAE: A questionnaire of cognitive and affective empathy. Journal of Personality Assessment, 93(1), 84-95.[link]
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy
The Jefferson Scale of Empathy was developed by researchers at the Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care at Sidney Kimmel Medical College to measure empathy in physicians and other health professionals (HP/Physician version), medical students (S-version), and health professional students (HPStudent version). [link]
Interpersonal Reactivity Index
Davis, M. H. (1983). Measuring individual differences in empathy: Evidence for a multidimensional approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 113-126.[pdf]
Empathy for Pain Task
Jackson, P.L., Meltzoff, A.N., & Decety, J. (2005). How do we perceive the pain of others? A window into the neural processes involved in empathy. NeuroImage, 24(3), 771-779. [link]
Toronto Empathy Questionnaire
Spreng*, R. N., McKinnon*, M. C., Mar, R. A., & Levine, B. (2009). The Toronto Empathy Questionnaire: Scale development and initial validation of a factor-analytic solution to multiple empathy measures. Journal of personality assessment, 91(1), 62-71. [link]
Problem-solving Measures
Chrysikou, E.G. (2006). When shoes become hammers: Goal-derived categorization training enhances problem-solving performance. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32(4), 935.[link]
Cognitive abilities involved in insight problem solving
DeYoung, C.G., Flanders, J.L., & Peterson, J.B. (2008). Cognitive abilities involved in insight problem solving: An individual differences model. Creativity Research Journal, 20(3), 278-290. [link]
Aha! The cognitive neuroscience of insight
Kounios, J., & Jung-Beeman, M. (2009). Aha! The cognitive neuroscience of insight. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 18, 210-216. [pdf]
Compound Remote Associates Problems
Bowden, E.M. & Jung-Beeman, M. (2003b). Normative data for 144 compound remote associate problems. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 35, 634-639. [link]
Number Reduction Task
Haider, H. & Rose, M. (2007). How to investigate insight: A proposal. Methods, 42(1), 49-57.[link]
Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)
Lejuez, C.W., Read, J.P., Kahler, C.W., Richards, J.B., Ramsey, S.E., Stuart, G.L., Strong, D.R, & Brown, R.A. (2002). Evaluation of a behavioral measure of risk taking: The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 8, 75-84.[link]
Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-II (MSTAT-II)
McLain, D.L. (1993). The MSTAT-II: A new measure of an individual's tolerance for ambiguity. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 53(1), 183-189. [link]
Need for Closure Scale
Roets, A., & Van Hiel, A. (2011). Item selection and validation of a brief, 15-item version of the need for closure scale. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(1), 90-94. [link]
The Trolley Problem
Thomson, J.J. (1985). The trolley problem. The Yale Law Journal, 94(6), 1395-1415. doi:10.2307/796133. [link]
Asian Disease Problem
Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1981). The framing of decisions and the psychology of choice. Science, 211(4481), 453-458.[link]
Workplace Relational Civility
Di Fabio, A., & Gori, A. (2016). Assessing Workplace Relational Civility (WRC) with a new multidimensional “mirror” measure. Frontiers in psychology, 7, 890. [link]
Moral Foundations Questionnaire
Graham, J., Nosek, B. A., Haidt, J., Iyer, R., Koleva, S., & Ditto, P. H. (2011). Mapping the moral domain. Journal of personality and social psychology, 101(2), 366. [link]
Pragmatic Politeness Scale
Mitamura, T. (2018). Developing the Functional Assertiveness Scale: Measuring Dimensions of Objective Effectiveness and Pragmatic Politeness. Japanese Psychological Research, 60(2), 99-110. [link]