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MEASURING SCIENTIFIC WISDOM

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dc.contributor.authorWong, Chak Haang
dc.contributor.chairSternberg, Robert J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBian, Lin
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-15T13:43:18Z
dc.date.available2021-03-15T13:43:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description38 pages
dc.description.abstractThe current study developed measures of scientific wisdom as practiced within the field ofgeneral sciences. A total of 125 Cornell undergraduates participated in the study, and we examined the relationship among the following scales: Scientific Reasoning, Scientific Wisdom, Scientific Creativity, a typical-performance scale of self-assessed wisdom scale (SAWS), and three psychometric tests. The results showed that the first three scales formed one clear principal component while the psychometric tests of intelligence, SAT and ACT scores, and GPA formed another, which suggested that the scientific tests we created assessed abilities that were different from general intelligence (g). This finding implied that colleges and universities that are seeking future scientists would want to consider supplementing the g-based conventional tests with tests that measure skills related to scientific reasoning, scientific wisdom, and scientific creativity.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7298/901m-y294
dc.identifier.otherWong_cornell_0058O_11107
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/cornell:11107
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/103492
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectcognitive scales
dc.subjectcollege admissions tests
dc.subjectgeneral intelligence
dc.subjectscientific creativity
dc.subjectscientific reasoning
dc.subjectscientific wisdom
dc.titleMEASURING SCIENTIFIC WISDOM
dc.typedissertation or thesis
dcterms.licensehttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/59810
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Development
thesis.degree.grantorCornell University
thesis.degree.levelMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.nameM.A., Human Development

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