Baltes (1993) identified three factors that make a person wise: (1) general personal conditions such as mental ability; (2) specific expertise conditions such as mentoring or practice; and (3) :

(3) : facilitative life contexts such as education or leadership experiences.

Explanation:

Although these factors takes time, growing old is not guarantee of wisdom, but it does provide time that if used well, creates a supportive context for developing wisdom. Baltes was a German psychologist whose broad scientific agenda was devoted to establishing and promoting the life span orientation of human development.