| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
337 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-319) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The selling of self-esteem -- 2. The superpredators among us -- 3. Of posing and power -- 4. Positive psychology goes to war -- 5. Who has grit? -- 6. The bias test -- 7. Non-replicable -- 8. Nudging ahead -- Conclusion: escape from primeworld. |
| Summary |
"With their viral TED talks, bestselling books, and counter-intuitive remedies for complicated problems, psychologists and other social scientists have become the reigning thinkers of our time. Grit and 'power posing' promised to help overcome entrenched inequalities in schools and the workplace; the Army spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a positive psychology intervention geared at preventing PTSD in its combat soldiers; and the implicit association test swept the nation on the strength of the claim that it can reveal unconscious biases and reduce racism in police departments and human resources departments. But what if much of the science underlying these blockbuster ideas is dubious or fallacious? What if Americans longstanding preference for simplistic self-help platitudes is exerting a pernicious influence on the way behavioral science is communicated and even funded, leading respected academics and the media astray? In The Quick Fix, Jesse Singal examines the most influential ideas of recent decades and the shaky science that supports them." -- Goodreads.com. |
| Subject(S) |
Psychology -- Popular works.
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Human behavior.
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Social problems.
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Psychology.
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| ISBN |
9780374239800 (hardcover) |
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0374239800 (hardcover) |
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