9780029117064-0029117062-How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

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

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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (ISBN-13: 9780029117064 and ISBN-10: 0029117062), written by authors Thomas Gilovich, was published by Free Press in 1993. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Child Psychology (Psychology & Counseling, Personality, Social Psychology & Interactions, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive, Psychology, Child Psychology, Social Psychology & Interactions, Logic & Language, Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Child Psychology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.51.

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Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.

When can we trust what we believe—that "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right"—and when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social, and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgments and decisions. In a rapidly changing world, the biases and stereotypes that help us process an overload of complex information inevitably distort what we would like to believe is reality. Awareness of our propensity to make these systematic errors, Gilovich argues, is the first step to more effective analysis and action.
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