INTERACTIVE MINDS - A FACILITATIVE SETTING FOR WISDOM-RELATED PERFORMANCE

Two goals guided the present study: to develop ecologically relevant a nd functional interactive-minds settings for the assessment of wisdom- related performance and to investigate whether and under which conditi ons such settings would facilitate higher levels of wisdom-related per formance. After baseline assessment of wisdom-related performance, a s ample of 122 natural dyads (244 participants), ranging in age from 20 to 70 years, were randomly assigned to 5 experimental conditions. Thes e-conditions varied in the degree to which they were judged to be ecol ogically relevant and functional and involved the interaction of minds . It was found that performance settings that were judged to be ecolog ically relevant and functional and provided for actual or ''virtual'' (internal) interaction of minds increased wisdom-related performance l evels by 1 SD. In addition, older adults profited more than younger ad ults From 1 setting.