Thinking 101
How to Reason Better to Live Better
New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2022.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: viii, 276 pages ; 22 cm
"Yale Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn explains why our judgment is so often wrong--and offers actionable strategies to help us respond to real-life challenges as individuals and as societies at large"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
The allure of fluency: why things look so easy -- Confirmation bias: how we can go wrong when trying to be right -- The challenge of casual attribution: why we shouldn't be so sure when we give credit to assign blame -- The perils of examples: what we miss when we rely on anecdotes -- Negativity bias: how our fear of loss can lead us astray -- Biased interpretation: why we fail to see things as they are -- The dangers of perspective-taking: why others don't always get what's obvious to us -- The trouble with delayed gratification: how our present self misunderstand our future self.
ISBN:
9781250805959
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Self-Help Ahn | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
HEALTH Self-Help Ahn | Ballentine Indoors | New, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/3/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [261]-270) and index.