ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: No Age, Memory Span, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence
Document Summary
Comparison study about how americans and japanese from different age deal with the social conflicts and how wisdom changes among age. Wisdom = recognition of multiple perspectives; limits of personal knowledge; importance of compromise. Japanese: young and middle-aged wiser than young and middle-aged americans but no change in age. Americans: young and middle-aged less wise than old. Older americans use more wise-reasoning schemas than young americans in response to social conflicts. Schemas emphasize need for multiple perspectives, compromise and recognition of the limits of one"s own knowledge strategies that reflect wisdom. - involves a use of pragmatic reasoning to solve challenges. Americans promote individual interests and preferences, individuation in relationships (can. Japanese want harmony and stability of relationships influences socialisation lead to social conflicts) Chinese and japanese adults: less directed form of social-conflict management (avoidance strategies and third-party mediation) American adults: direct and confrontational conflict-resolution strategies. Differences in socialisation that promote different social orientations.
