Synopsis
'A world-class tune-up for your brain.' Daniel H. Pink
Why do we think we’re better prepared for job interviews than we are? Why does no one act on climate change? Why do we over think when something bad happens to us?
Renowned psychologist Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called 'Thinking' to help students examine the biases that cause people...
Details
15 September 2022288 pages
9781529065879Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Terrific. Ahn offers compelling, research-based ways to limit the unwanted impact of thinking problemsRobert Cialdini, bestselling author of Influence and Pre-Suasion
An invaluable resource to anyone who wants to think better. In remarkably clear language, and with engaging and often funny examples, Woo-kyoung Ahn uses cutting-edge research to explain the mistakes we often make – and how to avoid them.Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of The Happiness Project
Ahn uses wonderfully engaging examples to show how we can understand and improve our reasoningAnna Rosling Rönnlund, bestselling co-author of Factfulness
Thinking 101 is a must-read – a smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edge research into how people think. Building from her popular Yale course, Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn shows how a better understanding of how our minds work can help us become smarter and wiser – and even kinder
Paul Bloom, Suzanne Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University, and the author of The Sweet Spot
