The wisest one in the room : how you can benefit from social psychology's most powerful insights
Title:
The wisest one in the room : how you can benefit from social psychology's most powerful insights
Author:
Gilovich, Thomas, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Free Press hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, 2015.
©2015
Physical Description:
vii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
"Two prominent social psychologists, specializing in the study of human behavior, provide insight into why we trust the people we do and how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing people in our own lives, "--NoveList.
Language:
English
Contents:
Preface -- Part 1. Pillars of wisdom -- 1. The objectivity illusion -- 2. The push and pull of situations -- 3. The name of the game -- 4. The primacy of behavior -- 5. Keyholes, lenses, and filters -- Looking back and moving forward -- Part 2. Wisdom applied -- 6. The happiest one in the room -- 7. Why we don't "just get along" -- 8. A tough problem for America -- 9. An even tougher problem for the world -- Epilogue.
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ISBN:
9781451677546
Format :
Book
