Black-and-white Thinking
The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: viii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"How the evolutionary history of the human brain explains our tendency to sort the world into black-and-white categories"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The categorization instinct -- A heap of trouble -- When categories collide -- The dark side of black and white -- The viewfinder principle -- The complexity of simplicity -- The rainbow that might have been -- The frame game -- Where there's a why there's a way -- Supersuasion -- Undercover influence: the secret science of getting what you want -- Redrawing the lines -- Postscript: The wisdom of radicals.
Subjects:
Categorization (Psychology) -- Popular works.
Social psychology -- Popular works.
Human behavior -- Popular works.
Categorization (Psychology) -- Popular works.
Social psychology -- Popular works.
Human behavior -- Popular works.
ISBN:
9780374110345
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PSYCHOLOGY Applied Dut | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 4/30/2024) |
"Originally published in 2020 by Bantam Press, Great Britain."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index.