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The art of thinking clearly
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062219688 :
- ISBN: 0062219685 :
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 358 pages ; 22 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, [2013], ©2013.
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Content descriptions
| General Note: | The word " thinking" appears upside down on title page. Translation of the author's Die Kunst des klaren Denkens, published by Hanser in 2012. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-358). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Why you should visit cemeteries : survivorship bias -- Does Harvard make you smarter? : swimmer?s body illusion -- Why you see shapes in the clouds : clustering illusion -- If fifty million people say something foolish, it is still foolish : social proof -- Why you should forget the past : sunk cost fallacy -- Don?t accept free drinks : reciprocity -- Beware the "special case" : confirmation bias (part 1) -- Murder your darlings : confirmation bias (part 2) -- Don?t bow to authority : authority bias -- Leave your supermodel friends at home : contrast effect -- Why we prefer a wrong map to none at all : availability bias -- Why "no pain, no gain" should set alarm bells ringing : the it?ll-get-worse-before-it-gets-better fallacy -- Even true stories are fairy tales : story bias -- Why you should keep a diary : hindsight bias -- Why you systematically overestimate your knowledge and abilities : overconfidence effect -- Don?t take news anchors seriously : chauffeur knowledge -- You control less than you think : illusion of control -- Never pay your lawyer by the hour : incentive super-response tendency -- The dubious efficacy of doctors, consultants, and psychotherapists : regression to mean -- Never judge a decision by its outcome : outcome bias -- Less is more : paradox of choice -- You like me, you really, really like me : liking bias -- Don?t cling to things : endowment effect -- The inevitability of unlikely events : coincidence -- The calamity of conformity : groupthink -- Why you?ll soon be playing mega trillions : neglect of probability -- Why the last cookie in the jar makes your mouth water : scarcity error -- When you hear hoofbeats, don?t expect a zebra : base-rate neglect -- Why the "balancing force of the universe" is baloney : gambler?s fallacy -- Why the wheel of fortune makes our heads spin : the anchor -- How to relieve people of their millions : induction -- Why evil is more striking than good : loss aversion -- Why teams are lazy : social loafing - |
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| Subject: | Reasoning (Psychology) Errors -- Psychological aspects Decision making Cognition |
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- 5 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Vanderhoof Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Vanderhoof Public Library | 153.4 DOB (Text) | 35193000277188 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
