Displaying 1 of 1 2015 Format: Book Author: Gilovich, Thomas, author. Title: The wisest one in the room : how you can benefit from social psychology's five most powerful insights / Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross. Edition: First Free Press hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Free Press, 2015. Description: vii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Summary: "Two prominent social psychologists, specializing in the study of human behavior, provide insight into why we trust the people we do and how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing people in our own lives,"--NoveList. Subjects: Insight. Human behavior. Social psychology. Other Author: Ross, Lee, author. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index. Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Pillars of wisdom -- 1. The objectivity illusion -- 2. The push and pull of situations -- 3. The name of the game -- 4. The primacy of behavior -- 5. Keyholes, lenses, and filters -- Looking back and moving forward -- Part 2. Wisdom applied -- 6. The happiest one in the room -- 7. Why we don't "just get along" -- 8. A tough problem for America -- 9. An even tougher problem for the world -- Epilogue. LCCN: 2015018053 ISBN: 9781451677546 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1451677545 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781451677546 1451677545 Other Number: 909538142 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 552819 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 302 Gilovich Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
