Search results
Definition of 'folk wisdom' folk wisdom in British English. (fəʊk ˈwɪzdəm ) noun. wisdom or beliefs associated with or traditional to the ordinary people of a country. Folk wisdom recognizes that to forgive is divine. A leopard's spots are fixed for life, according to folk wisdom, but despite the saying, people do change.
31 lip 2022 · Topics include the philosophical foundations, folk conceptions, and psychological theories of wisdom; relations of wisdom to morality and ethics, to personality and well-being, to emotion;...
26 maj 2022 · With this knowledge, the reader is then presented with a review of the current state of research into folk conceptions, addressing core questions that have guided scientific agendas in this area: What is wisdom? Who is wise? In which situations is wisdom expressed? How does wisdom develop?
10 wrz 2018 · Folk beliefs about wisdom vary across cultures in the degree to which they emphasize social components and characterize development of wisdom as an incremental ability (vs. an immutable entity)....
9 sie 2023 · Folk beliefs are essentially the informal creeds that people abide by, not due to any scientific rationale, but because of an accepted, shared wisdom that has withstood the test of time. They reflect a society's cultural unconscious, shaping social behavior and norms.
This chapter is organized around different approaches to studying wisdom across cultures. We suggest that the cross-cultural psychology of wisdom explores how “cultures are like all other cultures” (e.g., through wisdom scales); cultural psychology of wisdom explores how “cultures are like some other cultures” (e.g., by examining ...
17 paź 2024 · proverb, succinct and pithy saying in general use, expressing commonly held ideas and beliefs. Proverbs are part of every spoken language and are related to such other forms of folk literature as riddles and fables that have originated in oral tradition.
