The tell
Subtitle: the little clues that reveal big truths about who we are
By: Matthew Hertenstein
Publisher: Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780465036592
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Human behavior; Body language; Forecasting; Psychological aspects; Identity (Psychology)
Description: "Every day we make predictions based on limited information, in business and at home. Will a company's stock performance continue? Will a job candidate be a good employee? What kind of adult will a child grow up to be? We tend to dismiss our predictive minds as prone to bias and mistakes, but in The tell, psychologist Matthew Hertenstein reveals that our intuition is surprisingly good at using small clues to make big predictions, and demonstrates how we can do it better. Drawing on rigorous research in psychology and brain science, Hertenstein shows us how to hone our powers of observation to increase our predictive capactities and, to paraphrase Sherlock Holmes, help us notice what we see."--From publisher.
Notes: Hardcover first published in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (221-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning.  Primitive predictions ; The genes in all of us ; Strange situations: growing up in a thin-sliced world; title: How we size up others. Who are you anyway? ; The targets of our attraction; title: Love and lies. From dating to mating ; Detecting deception; title: Making the grade: education, business, and politics. The power of enthusiasm ; Catching the cues of the cash cow ; Political punditry: any kid can do it; title: Conclusion: The importance of predictive humility.