Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad
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Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad by Richard Stephens
Weird and wonderful psychological experiments from dramatic corners of human experience to change how you think.
Richard Stephens demonstrates that the bad ("NEVER DO THAT!") things in life do have their good, practical side-- Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize
Packed with anecdotes from popular culture as well as intriguing accounts of scientific research, this book is a genial and knowledgeable guide to everyday vices from alcohol to chewing gum, which finds that there are often hidden virtues to be found in them, too. Richard Stephens wears his authority as a psychologist lightly, and in a warm, entertaining style offers his perspective that risk is not the same as danger; that life can be enriched by taking a few risks - depending on the context, of course. -- Michael Regnier, Science Writer/Editor at the Wellcome Trust
Packed with anecdotes from popular culture as well as intriguing accounts of scientific research, this book is a genial and knowledgeable guide to everyday vices from alcohol to chewing gum, which finds that there are often hidden virtues to be found in them, too. Richard Stephens wears his authority as a psychologist lightly, and in a warm, entertaining style offers his perspective that risk is not the same as danger; that life can be enriched by taking a few risks - depending on the context, of course. -- Michael Regnier, Science Writer/Editor at the Wellcome Trust
Dr Richard Stephens is the winner of the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2014. He is a lecturer at Keele who married a human statue and races cars in his spare time. His research on the psychological benefits of swearing has been the focus of international media attention including television appearances on BBC's The One Show and Stephen Fry's Planet Word. Richard and his team picked up an Ig Nobel Prize in 2010 in recognition of science that "first makes you laugh and then make you think". Richard is a founder member of the international Alcohol Hangover Research Group and Chair of the British Psychological Society Psychobiology Section.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781473610811 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473610818 |
| Title | Black Sheep: The Hidden Benefits of Being Bad |
| Author | Richard Stephens |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2015-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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