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You are now less dumb : how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself / David McRaney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : Gotham Books, [2013]Description: vii, 309 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781592408054 (hbk.) :
  • 1592408052 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.4/3 23
LOC classification:
  • BF441 .M428 2013
Contents:
Self-delusion -- Narrative bias -- The common belief fallacy -- The Benjamin Franklin effect -- The post hoc fallacy -- The halo effect -- Ego depletion -- The misattribution of arousal -- the illusion of external agency -- The backfire effect -- Pluralistic ignorance -- The no true Scotsman fallacy -- The illusion of asymmetric insight -- Enclothed cognition -- Deindividuation - -The sunk cost fallacy -- The overjustification effect -- The self-enhancement bias.
Summary: The popular blogger and author of the best-selling "You Are Not So Smart" shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, analyzing 15 additional ways people routinely fool themselves in areas ranging from attraction and time wasted to best intentions and the true price of happiness.
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Book Book Janet F. Harte Public Library Janet F. Harte Public Library Non-fiction Nonfiction 153.43 MCR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185000357879
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309).

Self-delusion -- Narrative bias -- The common belief fallacy -- The Benjamin Franklin effect -- The post hoc fallacy -- The halo effect -- Ego depletion -- The misattribution of arousal -- the illusion of external agency -- The backfire effect -- Pluralistic ignorance -- The no true Scotsman fallacy -- The illusion of asymmetric insight -- Enclothed cognition -- Deindividuation - -The sunk cost fallacy -- The overjustification effect -- The self-enhancement bias.

The popular blogger and author of the best-selling "You Are Not So Smart" shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, analyzing 15 additional ways people routinely fool themselves in areas ranging from attraction and time wasted to best intentions and the true price of happiness.

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