Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 254 pages)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300090331
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0300128207
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1281721867
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9780300090338
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9780300128208
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9781281721860
Inhalt:
One need not look far to find breathtaking acts of stupidity committed by people who are clever, or even brilliant. The behaviour of clever individuals - from presidents to prosecutors to professors - is at times so amazingly stupid as to seem inexplicable. Why do otherwise intelligent people think and behave in ways so stupid that they sometimes destroy their livelihoods or even their lives? This is an investigation of psychological research to see what it can tell us about stupidity in everyday life. The contributors to the volume, scholars in various areas of human intelligence, present examples of people messing up their lives, and they offer insights into the reasons for such behaviour. From a variety of perspectives, the contributors discuss: the nature and theory of stupidity; how stupidity contributes to stupid behaviour; and whether stupidity is measurable. While many millions of dollars are spent each year on intelligence research and testing to determine who has the ability to succeed, next to nothing is spent to determine who will make use of their intelligence and not squander it by behaving stupidly. The contributors focus on the neglected side of this discussion, reviewing the full range of theory and research on stupid behaviour and analyzing what it tells us about how people can avoid stupidity and its devastating consequences
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Why and when are smart people stupid?
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Beliefs that make smart people dumb
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Smart people doing dumb things : the case of managerial incompetence
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The engine of folly
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When smart people behave stupidly : reconciling inconsistencies in social-emotional intelligence
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Sex, lies, and audiotapes : the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
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Rationality, intelligence, and levels of analysis in cognitive science : is dysrationalia possible?
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Smart is as stupid does : exploring bases of erroneous reasoning of smart people regarding learning and other disabilities
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Personality dispositions
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When "stupid" is smarter than we are : mindlessness and the attribution of stupidity
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Smart people are not stupid, but they sure can be foolish : the imbalance theory of foolishness
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ISBN 9780300090338
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ISBN 0300090331
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ISBN 9780300101706
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ISBN 0300101708
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Why smart people can be so stupid New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2002
Sprache:
Englisch
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Mehr zum Autor:
Sternberg, Robert J. 1949-
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