How We Know What Isn't So - (A Psychological Study on Logic) by Thomas Gilovich (Paperback)

Name: How We Know What Isn't So - (A Psychological Study on Logic) by Thomas Gilovich (Paperback)
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Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.
Author(s): Thomas Gilovich
224 Pages
Psychology, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Series Name: A Psychological Study on Logic

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Gilovich illustrates his points with vivid examples and supports them with the latest research findings in a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.

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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.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.3 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)

Weight: .56 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 224

Series Title: A Psychological Study on Logic

Genre: Psychology

Sub-Genre: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Publisher: Free Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Thomas Gilovich

Language: English

Street Date: March 5, 1993

TCIN: 77772184

UPC: 9780029117064

Item Number (DPCI): 247-06-6493

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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