Quirkology : how we discover the big truths in small things / Richard Wiseman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wiseman, Richard (Richard John), 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Popular works.

Psychology.

Psychology, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An award-winning psychologist exposes the truth behind life's little oddities, absurdities, and scams?including astrology, séances, lie detectors, fake childhood memories, altruism, and more.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures ix; PrologueThe Mysterious Q-Test xi; Introduction Exploring the Backwaters of the Human Brain 1; 1 What Does Your Date of Birth Really Say About You? The New Science of Chronopsychology 7; 2 Trust Everyone, but Always Cut the Cards The Psychology of Lying and Deception 45; 3 Believing Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast Psychology Enters the Twilight Zone 89; 4 Making Your Mind UpThe Strange Science of Decision Making 127; 5 The Scientific Search for the World's Funniest Joke Explorations into the Psychology of Humor 179

6 Sinner or Saint? The Psychology of When We Help and When We Hinder 2277 The Pace of Life and Other Quirkological Oddities The Future of Quirkology 265; Afterword How to Pep Up the Dullest of Dinner Parties 275; Acknowledgments 279; Notes 283; Index 307

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-306) and index.

ISBN:

0-465-01029-6

0-7867-2649-0

OCLC:

646786579