Don't believe everything you think :the 6 basic mistakes we make in thinking /Thomas Kida.
Description
Introduction: a six pack of problems -- Weird beliefs and pseudoscientific thinking -- A gremlin on my shoulder -- Thinking like a scientist -- The role of chance and coincidence -- Seeing things that aren't there -- Seeing associations that aren't there -- Predicting the unpredictable -- Seeking to confirm -- How we simplify -- Framing and other decision snags -- Faulty memories -- The influence of others -- Epilogue: some final thoughts.
286 pages :illustrations ;23 cm
Book Details
Author
Kida, Thomas E.
Place Published
City
Amherst, N.Y.
Date Published
2006
Publication Subjects
Thought and thinking.
Error.
Cognition.
Learning.
Thinking.
Error.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00915026
Thought and thinking.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01150249
Call No.
BF441 .K45 2006
ISBN
1591024080, 9781591024088
LCCN
2006003366
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-278) and index.
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Media type: unmediatednrdamedia