Stumbling on Happiness
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Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this witty, accessible book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.* Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink?
* Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight?
* Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want?
* Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can't we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?
In this brilliant book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.
Daniel Gilbert is a Harvard University professor of psychology and the director of the Social Cognition and Emotion Lab. In the disciplines of affective forecasting and the fundamental attribution error, he is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority. He is the editor of The Handbook of Social Psychology and has produced numerous scholarly articles and chapters, as well as several short works of fiction. He has received the American Psychological Association's Outstanding Scientific Prize for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Philosophical Society, and is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research in the Behavioral Sciences. Gilbert was named one of the fifty most prominent social psychologists of the decade by Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin in 2002, and one of his research papers was named one of four modern masterpieces in social psychology by the editors of Psychological Inquiry in 2003.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400077427 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400077427 |
| Title | Stumbling on Happiness |
| Author | Daniel Gilbert |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2007-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Winner of Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2007 |
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