Quirkology : how we discover the big truths in small things /
Presents unusual aspects of human behavior as revealed in psychological experiments, examining such issues as how jokes are evaluated as being funny, what makes people willing to help those in need, and what makes some personal ads more successful than others.
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New York :
Basic Books,
c2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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100 | 1 | |a Wiseman, Richard |q (Richard John), |d 1966- | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Quirkology : |b how we discover the big truths in small things / |c Richard Wiseman. |
260 | |a New York : |b Basic Books, |c c2007. | ||
300 | |a xii, 323 p. : |b ill. ; |c 22 cm. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-306) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction : exploring the backwaters of the human brain -- What does your date of birth really say about you? : the new science of chronopsychology -- Trust everyone, but always cut the cards : the psychology of lying and deception -- Believing six impossible things before breakfast : psychology enters the Twilight Zone -- Making your mind up : the strange science of decision-making -- The scientific search for the world's funniest joke : explorations into the psychology of humor -- Sinner or saint? : the psychology of when we help and when we hinder -- The pace of life and other quirkological oddities : the future of quirkology Afterword : how to pep up the dullest of dinner parties | |
520 | |a Presents unusual aspects of human behavior as revealed in psychological experiments, examining such issues as how jokes are evaluated as being funny, what makes people willing to help those in need, and what makes some personal ads more successful than others. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Psychology |v Popular works. | |
650 | 0 | |a Psychology, Applied. | |
856 | 4 | 1 | |3 Table of contents only |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007015012.html |
856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Contributor biographical information |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2007015012-b.html |
856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2007015012-d.html |