Compassionate Person According To Staudinger

In Staudinger article, “A Psychology of Wisdom: History and Recent Developments,” she discuses the basis on how most people characterize a wise individual in psychology and what people can gain from being or becoming wise. According to Staudinger, historically some people would consider a wise individual to be someone who possessed natural born intelligence/common sense or an older person who gained wisdom through years of experience. Common sense means practical or wise judgments.
According to Staudinger, a proper definition of a wise person is an individual who is empathetic, compassionate, intuitive, introspective, experienced, and intelligent. Empathetic person can feel and understand what the other person is going though without being judgmental. Compassionate person tends to be sympathetic towards other individuals. An intuitive person is someone who understands the world around them and is able to recognize and resolve the problem. An introspective person can examine one’s own mental and emotional state. A person who is experienced usually has knowledge on that particular
You can gain a lot from knowing a wise person because odds are you will learn from them and pass on that knowledge to other individuals who may need your advice. (Lend a helping hand) Being wise can also gives you an advantage in workplace, at making friends, and helping others. According to Staudinger, you do not need to have all the qualities she listed in order to be considered wise. You only need to possess one of the many areas to be considered wise. Becoming wise is often seen as being a hard thing to accomplish when it’s really not. Wisdom can be achieved through studying, learning from experience, and by passing down knowledge. If Wisdom had a philosophy it would be that you should learn from one’s mistake and pass on that knowledge to others so that they can avoid the same