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Author:
Dutton, Kevin, 1967- author.
Title:
Black-and-white thinking : the burden of a binary brain in a complex world / Kevin Dutton.
Edition:
First American edition.
Publisher:
FarrarStraus and Giroux,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
viii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Categorization (Psychology)--Popular works.
Social psychology--Popular works.
Human behavior--Popular works.
Instructional and educational works.
Creative nonfiction.
Notes:
"Originally published in 2020 by Bantam Press, Great Britain." Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-362) and index.
Contents:
The categorization instinct -- A heap of trouble -- When categories collide -- The dark side of black and white -- The viewfinder principle -- The complexity of simplicity -- The rainbow that might have been -- The frame game -- Where there's a why there's a way -- Supersuasion -- Undercover influence : the secret science of getting what you want -- Redrawing the lines -- Postscript: The wisdom of radicals.
Summary:
"How the evolutionary history of the human brain explains our tendency to sort the world into black-and-white categories"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0374110344
9780374110345
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1154248221
LCCN:
2020039385
Locations:
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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