Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Contributor(s): Gladwell, Malcolm (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316010669 ISBN-13: 9780316010665 Publisher: Back Bay Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2007 Annotation: Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author shows how the difference between good and bad decision-making has nothing to do with how much information can be processed quickly, but on the few particular details on which people focus. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Decision Making & Problem Solving - Self-help | Communication & Social Skills - Psychology | Social Psychology |
Dewey: 153.44 |
LCCN: 2007274260 |
Lexile Measure: 1100(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.65 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: New York Times 04/15/2007 pg. 24 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 88713 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From the #1 bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia, the landmark book that has revolutionized the way we understand leadership and decision making. In his breakthrough bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant--in the blink of an eye--that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? How do our brains really work--in the office, in the classroom, in the kitchen, and in the bedroom? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? In Blink we meet the psychologist who has learned to predict whether a marriage will last, based on a few minutes of observing a couple; the tennis coach who knows when a player will double-fault before the racket even makes contact with the ball; the antiquities experts who recognize a fake at a glance. Here, too, are great failures of "blink" the election of Warren Harding; "New Coke"; and the shooting of Amadou Diallo by police. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"--filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables. |
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