Ginnie's review
How We Know What Isn't So by Thomas Gilovich
Useful book even though it was written more than ten years ago. Gilovich illustrates his points with vivid examples and supports them with the latest research findings in a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. The last third of the book illustrates what has gone before with discussions of belief in questionalble or false beliefs such as special psychological powers and New Age health policies.
See also:
Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
by Thomas E. Kida
The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Scott Plous
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris
A Mind of its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by Fine, Cordelia
See also:
Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking
by Thomas E. Kida
The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
by Scott Plous
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris
A Mind of its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives
by Fine, Cordelia
