The wisest one in the room
Subtitle: how you can benefit from social psychology's five most powerful insights
By: Thomas Gilovich and Lee Ross
Contributors: Ross, Lee
Edition: First Free Press hardcover edition.
Publisher: Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781451677546
Subjects: Human behavior; Insight; Social psychology
Description: "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.

When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Gilovich and Ross ask: Why? What do these people know? What are the foundations of their wisdom? Wisdom, unlike intelligence, demands some insight into people, and an understanding of the situational forces acting upon us. Understanding these forces is the key to becoming "wiser."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part 1. Pillars of wisdom; title: 1. The objectivity illusion; title: 2. The push and pull of situations; title: 3. The name of the game; title: 4. The primacy of behavior; title: 5. Keyholes, lenses, and filters; title: Looking back and moving forward; title: Part 2. Wisdom applied; title: 6. The happiest one in the room; title: 7. Why we don't "just get along"; title: 8. A tough problem for America; title: 9. An even tougher problem for the world; title: Epilogue.