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Why we make mistakes : how we look without seeing, forget things in seconds, and are all pretty sure we are way above average  Cover Image Book Book

Why we make mistakes : how we look without seeing, forget things in seconds, and are all pretty sure we are way above average / Joseph T. Hallinan.

Summary:

Hallinan sets out to explore the captivating science of human error, and delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics to discover why some of the same qualities that make us efficient also make us error-prone.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780767928052 (hardback) :
  • ISBN: 0767928059
  • Physical Description: 283 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-273) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
We look but don't always see -- We all search for meaning -- We connect the dots -- We wear rose-colored glasses -- We can walk and chew gum but not much else -- We're in the wrong frame of mind -- We skim -- We like things tidy -- Men shoot first -- We all think we're above average -- We'd rather wing it -- We don't constrain ourselves -- The grass does look greener.
Subject: Failure (Psychology)
Errors.

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Coldwater Branch 153 HAL (Text) 35401424685070 Non-Fiction Available -

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035 . ‡a(OCoLC)235945851
040 . ‡aDLC ‡cDLC ‡dILC ‡dSRB
08200. ‡a153 ‡222
1001 . ‡aHallinan, Joseph T.
24510. ‡aWhy we make mistakes : ‡bhow we look without seeing, forget things in seconds, and are all pretty sure we are way above average / ‡cJoseph T. Hallinan.
250 . ‡a1st ed.
260 . ‡aNew York : ‡bBroadway Books, ‡cc2009.
300 . ‡a283 p. : ‡bill., map ; ‡c22 cm.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-273) and index.
520 . ‡aHallinan sets out to explore the captivating science of human error, and delves into psychology, neuroscience, and economics to discover why some of the same qualities that make us efficient also make us error-prone.
5050 . ‡aWe look but don't always see -- We all search for meaning -- We connect the dots -- We wear rose-colored glasses -- We can walk and chew gum but not much else -- We're in the wrong frame of mind -- We skim -- We like things tidy -- Men shoot first -- We all think we're above average -- We'd rather wing it -- We don't constrain ourselves -- The grass does look greener.
650 0. ‡aFailure (Psychology)
650 0. ‡aErrors.
901 . ‡a43831475 ‡bOCoLC ‡c43831475 ‡tbiblio

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