Wisdom

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• Wisdom Course Basic Information
• Major Wisdom Research Questions
• Wisdom Course Reading Schedule
• In-Class Notes
• Study Questions
• Wisdom Course Bibliography
• Assignment Rubric
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Spring 2016 Wisdom Student Practice Page for Wiki - Introduce yourself.
• Philosophical Methods

Google Forms, Class Audio, and Peerceptiv

• Peerceptive Sign up for Peerceptiv today! The class code is "hire12". Cost is $6.95 for the semester. Choose research option "yes". You will receive 5 points for signing up and completing payment by Friday.

• Short Objective Quiz

• Small Group Discussion Report

• Tell Me - A general form for telling me anything anonymously or not.

• Anonymous Preference Voting

• Report Your Practicum

• Roster Information

• Audio From Class

• To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example: alfino.org/audiofromclass/447TJAN12.m4a
• Note the use of a "T" for Tuesday's class or "W" for Wednesday's class.

Resources for Projects and Practica

• Meditation Exercises
• Wisdom Movie List
• Wisdom Project and Research Suggestions

General Links to Wisdom related Resources

• Wisdom quotes

• Review of a recent book by biologist David Sloan Wilson on group selection and altruism. [1]
• Some details about aging from Atul Gwande's new book, Being Mortal: Media:AgingDetailsGwandeBeingMortal.pdf
• Americans as outliers, Pew research. [2]
• Mischel impulse control video. very cute. [3]
• New Yorker article on delayed gratification [4]
• Wiki page on "deferred gratification" [5]
• Mather Amygdala Study Article
• Forest of Friendship, Baggage Carousel of Jerks[6]
• So You Think You're Smarter Than A CIA Agent, [7]
• Sikh Wisdom: [8], [9]
• Ngram for wisdom and related terms [10]
• TED talk on misdirection: [11]
• multi dimensional scaling [12]
• Video for the Trolley Problem [13]
• Wisdom Self-test

Notes from Previous Version of the Course

• In-Class Notes Spring 2015
• Study Questions Spring 2015