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Irrationality
Norman Stuart Sutherland
其他書名
Why We Don't Think Straight!
出版
Rutgers University Press
, 1994
主題
Philosophy / General
Psychology / General
Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
Social Science / General
ISBN
0813521505
9780813521503
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xJR9AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Why do doctors, generals, civil servants, and others consistently make wrong decisions that cause enormous harm to others? And why do you sit through a boring play just because the tickets were expensive? This iconoclastic book demonstrates that irrationality exists on a startling and hitherto unsuspected scale. Sutherland analyzes its causes in detail by drawing on many fascinating psychological experiments. He ends each chapter with brief precepts showing how to avoid irrational behavior. Never has irrationality been so well explained - or been so entertaining - as in Stuart Sutherland's witty dissection of muddled thinking. You'll wince in rueful recognition at his stories of misguided decisions in every branch of human affairs and quote the morals of his stories to your children and colleagues. Lucid, provocative, and witty, Irrationality is an invaluable guide to straight thinking!