Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2017 Aug 15:8:1378.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01378. eCollection 2017.

Thin-Slice Measurement of Wisdom

Chao S Hu  1   2   3 , Michel Ferrari  4 , Qiandong Wang  5 , Earl Woodruff  4
Affiliations

Thin-Slice Measurement of Wisdom

Chao S Hu et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

Objective Measurement of Wisdom within a short period of time is vital for both the public interest (e.g., understanding a presidential election) and research (e.g., testing factors that facilitate wisdom development). A measurement of emotion associated with wisdom would be especially informative; therefore, a novel Thin-Slice measurement of wisdom was developed based on the Berlin Paradigm. For about 2 min, participants imagined the lens of a camera as the eyes of their friend/teacher whom they advised about a life dilemma. Verbal response and facial expression were both recorded by a camera: verbal responses were then rated on both the Berlin Wisdom criteria and newly developed Chinese wisdom criteria; facial expressions were analyzed by the software iMotion FACET module. Results showed acceptable inter-rater and inter-item reliability for this novel paradigm. Moreover, both wisdom ratings were not significantly correlated with Social desirability, and the Berlin wisdom rating was significantly negatively correlated with Neuroticism; feeling of surprise was significantly positively correlated with both wisdom criteria ratings. Our results provide the first evidence of this Thin-slice Wisdom Paradigm's reliability, its immunity to social desirability, and its validity for assessing candidates' wisdom within a short timeframe. Although still awaiting further development, this novel Paradigm contributes to an emerging Universal Wisdom Paradigm applicable across cultures.

Keywords: Berlin Wisdom Paradigm; Thin-slice; Thin-slice wisdom Paradigm; Universal Wisdom Paradigm; measurement of wisdom.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Altamura M., Padalino F. A., Stella E., Balzotti A., Bellomo A., Palumbo R., et al. (2016). Facial emotion recognition in bipolar disorder and healthy aging. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 204 188–193. 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000453 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Ambady N., Rosenthal R. (1993). Half a minute: predicting teacher evaluations from thin slices of nonverbal behavior and physical attractiveness. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol. 64 431–441. 10.1037/0022-3514.64.3.431 - DOI
    1. Amico F., Healy G., Arvaneh M., Kearney D., Mohedano E., Roddy D., et al. (2016). Multimodal validation of facial expression detection software for real-time monitoring of affect in patients with suicidal intent. Eur. Psychiatry 33(Suppl.), S596 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.2225 - DOI
    1. Ardelt M. (2003). Empirical assessment of a three-dimensional wisdom scale. Res. Aging 25 275–324. 10.1177/0164027503025003004 - DOI
    1. Ardelt M. (2004). Wisdom as expert knowledge system: a critical review of a contemporary operationalization of an ancient concept. Hum. Dev. 47 257–285. 10.1159/000079154 - DOI

LinkOut - more resources