LLC Findaway World
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.
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Language
English
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Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and number-one best-selling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and What the Dog Saw, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers - and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
How do we think without thinking, seem to make choices in an instant--in the blink of an eye--that actually aren't as simple as they seem? Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology,...
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[Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[released 2009], ©2009
Language
Español
Description
Utilizando estudios de casos tan diversos como las citas rápidas, la música pop y el tiroteo de Amadou Diallo, Gladwell revela que lo que consideramos decisiones tomadas en un abrir y cerrar de ojos son mucho más complicadas de lo que se supone. Basándose en la neurociencia y la psicología de vanguardia, muestra cómo la diferencia entre una buena y una mala toma de decisiones no tiene nada que ver con la cantidad de información que podemos...