Black-and-white thinking : the burden of a binary brain in a complex world /
Dutton, Kevin, 1967-
Black-and-white thinking : the burden of a binary brain in a complex world / Black and white thinking Kevin Dutton. - First American edition. - viii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Originally published in 2020 by Bantam Press, Great Britain."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-362) and index.
The categorization instinct -- A heap of trouble -- When categories collide -- The dark side of black and white -- The viewfinder principle -- The complexity of simplicity -- The rainbow that might have been -- The frame game -- Where there's a why there's a way -- Supersuasion -- Undercover influence : the secret science of getting what you want -- Redrawing the lines -- Postscript: The wisdom of radicals.
"How the evolutionary history of the human brain explains our tendency to sort the world into black-and-white categories"--
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Categorization (Psychology)--Popular works.
Social psychology--Popular works.
Human behavior--Popular works.
Instructional and educational works.
Creative nonfiction.
Black-and-white thinking : the burden of a binary brain in a complex world / Black and white thinking Kevin Dutton. - First American edition. - viii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Originally published in 2020 by Bantam Press, Great Britain."
Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-362) and index.
The categorization instinct -- A heap of trouble -- When categories collide -- The dark side of black and white -- The viewfinder principle -- The complexity of simplicity -- The rainbow that might have been -- The frame game -- Where there's a why there's a way -- Supersuasion -- Undercover influence : the secret science of getting what you want -- Redrawing the lines -- Postscript: The wisdom of radicals.
"How the evolutionary history of the human brain explains our tendency to sort the world into black-and-white categories"--
9780374110345 0374110344
2020039385
Categorization (Psychology)--Popular works.
Social psychology--Popular works.
Human behavior--Popular works.
Instructional and educational works.
Creative nonfiction.