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Weststrate, Nic M.; Glück, Judith – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Laypersons and experts believe that wisdom is cultivated through a diverse range of positive and negative life experiences. Yet, not all individuals with life experience are wise. We propose that one possible determinant of growth in wisdom from life experience is self-reflection. In a life span sample of adults (N = 94) ranging from 26 to 92…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Knowledge Level, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition
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Gliga, Teodora; Senju, Atsushi; Pettinato, Michèle; Charman, Tony; Johnson, Mark H. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The recent development in the measurements of spontaneous mental state understanding, employing eye-movements instead of verbal responses, has opened new opportunities for understanding the developmental origin of "mind-reading" impairments frequently described in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Our main aim was to characterize the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Siblings, Cognitive Processes
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Hertzog, Christopher; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Examined convergent validities of the Metamemory in Adulthood questionnaire (MIA) and the Memory Functioning Questionnaire (MFQ). The Memory Self-Efficacy factor in the MIA and the Frequency of Forgetting factor in the MFQ correlate when the two scales are factored simultaneously. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Memory, Metacognition