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Author | : Thomas Gilovich |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2008-06-30 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1439106746 |
Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. When can we trust what we believe—that "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right"—and when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social, and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgments and decisions. In a rapidly changing world, the biases and stereotypes that help us process an overload of complex information inevitably distort what we would like to believe is reality. Awareness of our propensity to make these systematic errors, Gilovich argues, is the first step to more effective analysis and action.
Author | : Thomas Gilovich |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2017-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781786070555 |
Learn how to understand, predict and influence the way people act
Author | : Mark DeMoss |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson Inc |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-06-14 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1595553541 |
DeMoss gathers insights for living wisely from history, Scripture, and a lifetime of listening. The result is a handy, accessible book that gives readers a new way to enjoy lasting success in the work world and beyond.
Author | : Jennifer Kunst |
Publisher | : Central Recovery Press, LLC |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2014-06-10 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1937612619 |
A simple yet sophisticated model of personal growth that can lead to lasting change, drawn from the truths of psychoanalysis.
Author | : Louis Profeta |
Publisher | : John Hunt Publishing |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 184694354X |
A young Jewish doctor prays to a coma patient's Blessed Mother on Christmas Eve, only to have the woman suddenly awakened; there is the voice that tells a too-busy ER doctor to stop a patient walking out, discovering an embolus that would have killed him. The late-night passing of a beloved aunt summons a childhood bully who shows up minutes later, after twenty-five years, to be forgiven and to heal a broken doctor. This ER doctor finds God's opposite in: a battered child's bruises covered over by make-up, a dying patient whose son finally shows up at the end to reclaim the man's high-top sneakers, the rich or celebrity patients loaded with prescription drugs from doctor friends who end up addicted. But, his real outrage is directed at our cavalier treatment of the elderly, If you put a G-tube in your 80-year-old mother with Alzheimer's because she's no longer eating, you will probably have a fast track to hell.
Author | : Stephen S. Hall |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2010-03-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0307593096 |
We all recognize wisdom, but defining it is more elusive. In this fascinating journey from philosophy to science, Stephen S. Hall gives us a penetrating history of wisdom, from its sudden emergence in the fifth century B.C. to its modern manifestations in education, politics, and the workplace. Hall’s bracing exploration of the science of wisdom allows us to see this ancient virtue with fresh eyes, yet also makes clear that despite modern science’s most powerful efforts, wisdom continues to elude easy understanding.
Author | : David Weinberger |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2014-01-07 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0465038727 |
"If anyone knows anything about the web, where it's been and where it's going, it's David Weinberger. . . . Too Big To Know is an optimistic, if not somewhat cautionary tale, of the information explosion." -- Steven Rosenbaum, Forbes With the advent of the Internet and the limitless information it contains, we're less sure about what we know, who knows what, or even what it means to know at all. And yet, human knowledge has recently grown in previously unimaginable ways and in inconceivable directions. In Too Big to Know, David Weinberger explains that, rather than a systemic collapse, the Internet era represents a fundamental change in the methods we have for understanding the world around us. With examples from history, politics, business, philosophy, and science, Too Big to Know describes how the very foundations of knowledge have been overturned, and what this revolution means for our future.
Author | : Lee Ross |
Publisher | : Pinter & Martin Publishers |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1905177445 |
How does the situation we're in influence the way we behave and think? Professors Ross and Nisbett eloquently argue that the context we find ourselves in substantially affects our behavior in this timely reissue of one of social psychology's classic textbooks. With a new foreword by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point.
Author | : Rachel Waddilove |
Publisher | : Lion Books |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2016-10-21 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 0745968597 |
Becoming a parent is one of life's greatest joys - and one of its greatest challenges. It is a time when we need a helping hand. In The Baby Book, Rachel Waddilove shares the wisdom of her considerable professional and personal experience to help parents through the first year of their child's life. This reassuring book includes advice on: - breastfeeding and bottle feeding - establishing a flexible routine - sleep issues and getting your baby to sleep through the night - crying - introducing solid food - travelling with your baby Since its first publication in 2005, thousands of new parents have benefitted from The Baby Book. If you are an expectant or new parent, and want the best for your baby, Rachel's down-to-earth style and wealth of experience make this an essential guide.
Author | : Fred Epstein |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2004-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780805075175 |
A pediatric neurosurgeon shares lessons of hope, courage, love, and compassion learned from young patients facing life-threatening illnesses--lessons that sustained the talented surgeon through his own medical crisis.