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Author:   Stephen Greenspan ,  Robert B. Shilkret
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   Hamilton Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780761871620

ISBN 10:   0761871624
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   04 October 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ... Foreword, by Richard B. Shilkret ... Preface ... Acknowledgments ... Part I. Overview of Foolishness ... One Popular and Religious Conceptions of Foolishness ... Two Foolishness as Inattention to Risk ... Three An Explanatory Model of Human Foolishness ... Four Factors That Contribute to Foolish Action ... Part II. Forms of Foolishness ... Five Practical Foolishness ... Six Non-induced Social Foolishness ... Seven Induced Social Foolishness ... Part III. Implications of Foolishness .. Eight Foolishness in Collectivities ... Nine Foolishness in Vulnerable Populations ... Ten Foolishness and Crime ... Part IV. From Foolishness to Wisdom ... Eleven What Makes Donald Trump a Fool? ... Twelve Some Advice for Surmounting Foolishness ... Thirteen In Pursuit of Common Sense ... References ... Index ... About the Authors ...

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Read Stephen Greenspan's new book on foolishness. It will change your life, no fooling! -- Robert B. Shilkret, from the foreword If there is any topic that needs a book, it is foolishness, and everyone should read Stephen Greenspan's book to learn about what may be the biggest underlying problem facing the world today. Climate change, wars, terrorism, income disparities, antibiotic resistance-all have a common source in our human tendency to allow foolishness to override our intelligence and our common sense. -- Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell University

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Stephen Greenspan is professor emeritus of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut. He serves often as an expert forensic witness in criminal and civil cases where social-cognitive impairment is a mitigating or explanatory factor. He writes a blog for Psychology Today on the topic of human incompetence.

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