Blink : the power of thinking without thinking / Malcolm Gladwell.

By: Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co., 2007; �2005Edition: 1st Back Bay trade pbk. ed., April 2007Description: xii, 296 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780316010665Subject(s): Decision making | IntuitionDDC classification: 153.4/4 LOC classification: BF448 | .G53 2007
Contents:
The statue that didn't look right -- The theory of thin slices : how a little bit of knowledge goes a long way -- The locked door : the secret life of snap decisions -- The Warren Harding error : why we fall for tall, dark, and handsome men -- Paul Van Riper's big victory : creating structure for spontaneity -- Kenna's dilemma : the right-and wrong-way to ask people what they want -- Seven seconds in the Bronx : the delicate art of mind-reading -- Conclusion: listening with your eyes : the lessons of blink.
Summary: Argues for snap decisions, discussing the value of training one's mind and senses to focus on a few relevant details when making decisions in daily life, and also examines the dangers of jumping to conclusions, describing situations in which one is "mind-blind."
Item type: List(s) this item appears in: High-Interest Non-Fiction | Capstone Recommended Reading | Thesis-Driven Scholarly Non-Fiction
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"With a new afterword by the author"--Front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.

The statue that didn't look right -- The theory of thin slices : how a little bit of knowledge goes a long way -- The locked door : the secret life of snap decisions -- The Warren Harding error : why we fall for tall, dark, and handsome men -- Paul Van Riper's big victory : creating structure for spontaneity -- Kenna's dilemma : the right-and wrong-way to ask people what they want -- Seven seconds in the Bronx : the delicate art of mind-reading -- Conclusion: listening with your eyes : the lessons of blink.

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Argues for snap decisions, discussing the value of training one's mind and senses to focus on a few relevant details when making decisions in daily life, and also examines the dangers of jumping to conclusions, describing situations in which one is "mind-blind."

1100 Lexile.

Adult Follett School Solutions.

Reading Counts RC 7.8 16.0

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