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Rational Animal

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Description for Rational Animal Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 505.
Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard,only to give their hard-earned money away?When it comes to making decisions, the classic view is that humans are eminently rational. But growing evidence suggests instead that our choices are often irrational, biased, and occasionally even moronic. Which view is right,or is there another possibility?In this animated tour of the inner workings of the mind, psychologist Douglas T. Kenrick and business professor Vladas Griskevicius challenge the prevailing views of decision making, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
269
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
504g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465032426
SKU
V9780465032426
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About Douglas Kenrick
Douglas T. Kenrick is a professor of psychology at Arizona State University and the author of Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life. He lives in Tempe, Arizona.Vladas Griskevicius is McKnight Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. He lives in Edina, Minnesota.

Reviews for Rational Animal
"The Rational Animal is a fun romp through the comedy of human errors. Again and again, the authors find, evolutionary urges and hardwired brains explain behaviors rational economists cannot. Humans just don't make sense, it seems, unless you expect them not to."
Mother Jones "[An] entertaining and informative book."
Minneapolis Star-Tribune "A persuasive
and entertaining
look at the Darwinian dynamics of decision ... Read more

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