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Item Information       Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     McRaney, David.     Subjects     Thought and thinking.     Perception.     Truth -- Psychological aspects.     Defense mechanisms (Psychology)     Reason.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McRaney, David.       by title:      You are now less dum...       by call number:      153.43 M174y     Search the Web     McRaney, David.     Thought and thinking.     Perception.     Truth -- Psychological aspects.     Defense mechanisms (Psychology)     Reason.       MARC Display

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 McRaney, David. Gotham Books, 2013. Call #: 153.43 M174y Subjects Thought and thinking.   Perception.   Truth -- Psychological aspects.   Defense mechanisms (Psychology)   Reason. ISBN:  9781592408054 (hbk.) 1592408052 (hbk.) Description:  vii, 309 pages ; 20 cm. Notes:  "How to conquer mob mentality ; How to buy happiness ; And all the other ways to outsmart yourself." -- Jacket. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309). 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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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