How can people wisely navigate social conflict? Two preregistered longitudinal experiments (Study 1: Canadian adults; Study 2: American and Canadian adults; total N = 555) tested whether encouraging distanced (i.e., third-person) self-reflection would help promote wisdom. Both experiments measured wise reasoning (i.e., intellectual humility, open-mindedness about how situations could unfold, consideration of and attempts to integrate diverse viewpoints) about challenging interpersonal events. In a month-long experiment (Study 1), participants used either a third- or first-person perspective in diary reflections on each day’s most significant experience. Compared with preintervention assessments, assessments made after the intervention revealed that participants reflecting in the third person showed a significant increase in wise reasoning about interpersonal challenges. These effects were statistically accounted for by shifts in diary-based reflections toward a broader self-focus. A week-long experiment (Study 2) replicated the third-person self-reflection effect on wise reasoning (vs. first-person and no-pronoun control conditions). These findings suggest an efficient and evidence-based method for fostering wise reasoning.

人们如何明智地应对社会冲突？两个预先注册的纵向实验（研究 1：加拿大成年人；研究 2：美国和加拿大成年人；总N= 555) 测试了鼓励远距离（即第三人称）自我反思是否有助于促进智慧。这两个实验都测量了关于具有挑战性的人际事件的明智推理（即，智力上的谦逊，对情况如何展开的开放态度，考虑并尝试整合不同的观点）。在为期一个月的实验（研究 1）中，参与者使用第三人称或第一人称视角记录每天最重要的经历。与干预前的评估相比，干预后的评估表明，以第三人称反映的参与者对人际关系挑战的明智推理显着增加。这些影响通过基于日记的反思向更广泛的自我关注的转变在统计上得到了解释。为期一周的实验（研究 2）复制了第三人称自我反思对明智推理的影响（与第一人称和无代词控制条件相比）。这些发现提出了一种有效的、基于证据的方法来培养明智的推理。