Redirect
Subtitle: the surprising new science of psychological change
By: Timothy D. Wilson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780316051880
Subjects: Social psychology; Perception; Self-help techniques
Description: A psychologist proposes techniques to tweak and reframe internal self-narratives to lead healthy, more productive lives and discusses the best way to recover from trauma and explains why self-help books may make you feel less happy after reading them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: Redirect : small edits, lasting changes; title: Testing, testing : does it work?; title: Shaping our narratives : increasing personal well-being; title: Shaping our kids' narratives : becoming better parents; title: Just say; title: volunteer : preventing teenage pregnancies; title: Scared crooked : reducing teenage violence; title: Everybody's doing it; title: or are they? : reducing alcohol and drug abuse; title: Surely they won't like me, or will they? : reducing prejudice; title: It's about me, not my group : closing the achievement gap; title: Sustained change : wrapping up.