Chapter Outline

THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE

• Applying Expertise
• Solving Everyday Problems
• Thinking Integratively

POSTFORMAL THOUGHT: BEYOND PIAGET' STAGES

• How Postformal Thought Develops
• Social Reasoning and Postformal Thought
• Cultural Change and Postformal Thought
• Criteria for Postformal Thought

A LIFESPAN MODEL OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

WISDOM

• Wisdom in Folklore, Myth, and Philosophy
• Psychological Concepts and Assessments
• Summing Up: Wisdom and Age

MORAL DEVELOPMENT

• Kohlberg' Theory: Moral Reasoning
• Gilligan' Theory: Gender and Postformal Morality
• Evaluating Kohlberg' and Gilligan' Theories

INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY, WISDOM, AND MORAL DEVELOPMENT: A LAST WORD