Kidding ourselves : the hidden power of self-deception / Joseph T. Hallinan.
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TextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385348683
- 0385348681
- 9780385348706
- 0385348703
- BF 697.5 .S426 H35 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-253) and index.
Pt.I The power of nothing: placebos, mass hysteria, and fatal delusions -- Pt.II The eye of the beholder: perception, expectation, and the lure of superstition -- Pt.III Delusions of success: power, money, and risk.
To one degree or another, we all misjudge reality. Our perception--of ourselves and the world around us--is much more malleable than we realize. This self-deception influences every major aspect of our personal and social life, including relationships, sex, politics, careers, and health.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why We Make Mistakes presents an analysis of the human inclination toward self-deception that explains how selective misperception influences every major aspect of life, has powerful placebo effects and does not always have negative consequences.
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