Blunder : why smart people make bad decisions /: why smart people make bad decisions. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Why smart people make bad decisions
• Further Information: Note: Zachary Shore.
• Other Names: Shore, Zachary
• Contents: Introduction: Keeping current -- Exposure anxiety : the fear of being seen as weak -- Causefusion : confusing the causes of complex events -- Flatview : seeing the world in one dimension -- Cure-allism : believing that one size really fits all -- Infomania : the obsessive relationship to information -- Mirror imaging : thinking the other side thinks like us -- Static cling : refusal to accept a changing world -- Cognition trapped in Iraq -- Working toward wisdom.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 260 pages)
• Subjects: 153.8/3; Business studies: general; Decision making; Problem solving; Intellect; Stupidity; Errors; Cognitive therapy; Cognitive therapy; Decision making; Errors; Intellect; Problem solving; Stupidity; History; Social Science -- General; History -- General; Sociology & anthropology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608192540; 1608192547
• Related ISBNs: 9781596912427; 1596912421
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.