Explaining Social Behavior Quotes

“In another illustration of reactance, children (and adults too) may refuse all proposals about how to spend the day, even the one they prefer, because they do not want to feel imposed upon.”
― Jon Elster, Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

“The intolerance of uncertainty and ignorance flows not only from
pridefulness, but from a universal human desire to find meanings and patterns
everywhere. The mind abhors a vacuum.”
― Jon Elster, Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

“The intolerance of uncertainty and ignorance flows not only from pridefulness, but from a universal human desire to find meanings and patterns everywhere. The mind abhors a vacuum.”
― Jon Elster, Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences