
How We Know What isn't So
Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
By: Thomas Gilovich
Paperback | 5 March 1993 | Edition Number 1
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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.
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ISBN: 9780029117064
ISBN-10: 0029117062
Series: A Psychological Study on Logic
Published: 5th March 1993
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 224
Audience: College, Tertiary and University
Publisher: Free Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 1.6 x 23.5 x 15.5
Weight (kg): 0.262
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