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The Resource You are not so smart : why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself, David McRaney

You are not so smart : why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself, David McRaney

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Summary
McRaney reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them. But sometimes those stories aren't true
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xvi, 302 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: You
  • Priming
  • Confabulation
  • Confirmation Bias
  • Hindsight Bias
  • The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
  • Procrastination
  • Normalcy Bias
  • Introspection
  • The Availability Heuristic
  • The Bystander Effect
  • The Dunning-Kruger Effect
  • Apophenia
  • Brand Loyalty
  • The Argument from Authority
  • The Argument from Ignorance
  • The Straw Man Fallacy
  • The Ad Hominem Fallacy
  • The Just-World Fallacy
  • The Public Goods Game
  • The Ultimatum Game
  • Subjective Validation
  • Cult Indoctrination
  • Groupthink
  • Supernormal Releasers
  • The Affect Heuristic
  • Dunbar's Number
  • Selling Out
  • Self-Serving Bias
  • The Spotlight Effect
  • The Third Person Effect
  • Catharsis
  • The Misinformation Effect
  • Conformity
  • Extinction Burst
  • Social Loafing
  • The Illusion of Transparency
  • Learned Helplessness
  • Embodied Cognition
  • The Anchoring Effect
  • Attention
  • Self-Handicapping
  • Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
  • The Moment
  • Consistency Bias
  • The Representativeness Heuristic
  • Expectation
  • The Illusion of Control
  • The Fundamental Attribution Error
Isbn
9781592406593
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You are not so smart : why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
Title
You are not so smart
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why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
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David McRaney
Title variation
  • Why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and forty-six other ways you are deluding yourself
  • You are not so smart
Title variation remainder
why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways youre deluding yourself
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
McRaney reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them. But sometimes those stories aren't true
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McRaney, David
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153.4
Index
no index present
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non fiction
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  • Thought and thinking
  • Perception
  • Truth
  • Defense mechanisms (Psychology)
  • Reason
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why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself
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You are not so smart : why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself, David McRaney
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-302)
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Contents
Introduction: You -- Priming -- Confabulation -- Confirmation Bias -- Hindsight Bias -- The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy -- Procrastination -- Normalcy Bias -- Introspection -- The Availability Heuristic -- The Bystander Effect -- The Dunning-Kruger Effect -- Apophenia -- Brand Loyalty -- The Argument from Authority -- The Argument from Ignorance -- The Straw Man Fallacy -- The Ad Hominem Fallacy -- The Just-World Fallacy -- The Public Goods Game -- The Ultimatum Game -- Subjective Validation -- Cult Indoctrination -- Groupthink -- Supernormal Releasers -- The Affect Heuristic -- Dunbar's Number -- Selling Out -- Self-Serving Bias -- The Spotlight Effect -- The Third Person Effect -- Catharsis -- The Misinformation Effect -- Conformity -- Extinction Burst -- Social Loafing -- The Illusion of Transparency -- Learned Helplessness -- Embodied Cognition -- The Anchoring Effect -- Attention -- Self-Handicapping -- Self-Fulfilling Prophecies -- The Moment -- Consistency Bias -- The Representativeness Heuristic -- Expectation -- The Illusion of Control -- The Fundamental Attribution Error
Dimensions
20 cm
Extent
xvi, 302 pages
Isbn
9781592406593
Lccn
2012406122
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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You are not so smart : why you have too many friends on Facebook, why your memory is mostly fiction, and 46 other ways you're deluding yourself, David McRaney
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-302)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: You -- Priming -- Confabulation -- Confirmation Bias -- Hindsight Bias -- The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy -- Procrastination -- Normalcy Bias -- Introspection -- The Availability Heuristic -- The Bystander Effect -- The Dunning-Kruger Effect -- Apophenia -- Brand Loyalty -- The Argument from Authority -- The Argument from Ignorance -- The Straw Man Fallacy -- The Ad Hominem Fallacy -- The Just-World Fallacy -- The Public Goods Game -- The Ultimatum Game -- Subjective Validation -- Cult Indoctrination -- Groupthink -- Supernormal Releasers -- The Affect Heuristic -- Dunbar's Number -- Selling Out -- Self-Serving Bias -- The Spotlight Effect -- The Third Person Effect -- Catharsis -- The Misinformation Effect -- Conformity -- Extinction Burst -- Social Loafing -- The Illusion of Transparency -- Learned Helplessness -- Embodied Cognition -- The Anchoring Effect -- Attention -- Self-Handicapping -- Self-Fulfilling Prophecies -- The Moment -- Consistency Bias -- The Representativeness Heuristic -- Expectation -- The Illusion of Control -- The Fundamental Attribution Error
Dimensions
20 cm
Extent
xvi, 302 pages
Isbn
9781592406593
Lccn
2012406122
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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