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How We Know What Isn't So : The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life Cover Image Book Book

How We Know What Isn't So : The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

Gilovich, Thomas. (Author).

Summary: Discusses the processes through which we become convinced of the validity of questionable or false beliefs such as special psychological powers and New Age health practices.

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  • ISBN: 0029117062
  • ISBN: 9780029117064
  • Physical Description: print
    vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Free Press paperback edition
  • Publisher: New York : Free Press, 1993.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-213) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Cognitive determinants of questionable beliefs -- Something out of nothing: the misperception and misinterpretation of random data -- Too much from too little: the misinterpretation of incomplete and unrepresentative data -- Seeing what we expect to see: the biased evaluation of ambiguous and inconsistent data -- Motivational and social determinants of questionable beliefs -- Seeing what we want to see: motivational determinants of belief -- Believing what we are told: the biasing effects of secondhand information -- The imagined agreement of others: exaggerated impressions of social support -- Examples of questionable and erroneous beliefs -- Belief in ineffective "alternative" health practices -- Belief in the effectiveness of questionable interpersonal strategies -- Belief in ESP -- Where do we go from here? -- Challenging dubious beliefs: the role of social science.

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Genre: Judgment.

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