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Mindwise : how we understand what others think, believe, feel, and want
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- ISBN: 9780307595911 :
- ISBN: 0307595919
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xviii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-228) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Your real sixth sense -- (Mis)reading minds. An overconfident sense ; What you can and cannot know about your own mind -- Does it have a mind? How we dehumanize ; How we anthropomorphize -- What state is another mind in? The trouble of getting over yourself ; The uses and abuses of stereotypes ; How actions can mislead -- Through the eyes of others. How, and how not, to be a better mind reader -- Being mindwise. |
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| Subject: | Empathy Emotions Interpersonal communication |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | BF 575 .E55 E65 2014 | 30775305478621 | General Collection | Available | - |
Mindwise : Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
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Table of Contents
Mindwise : Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface Your Real Sixth Sense | p. ix | |
| Part 1 | (Mis)Reading Minds | |
| 1 | An Overconfident Sense | p. 3 |
| 2 | What You Can and Cannot Know About Your Own Mind | p. 14 |
| Part 2 | Does It Have a Mind? | |
| 3 | How We Dehumanize | p. 37 |
| 4 | How We Anthropomorphize | p. 61 |
| Part 3 | What State is Another Mind In? | |
| 5 | The Trouble of Getting Over Yourself | p. 85 |
| 6 | The Uses and Abuses of Stereotypes | p. 117 |
| 7 | How Actions Can Mislead | p. 141 |
| Part 4 | Through the Eyes of Others | |
| 8 | How, and How Not, to Be a Better Mind Reader | p. 161 |
| Afterword Being Mindwise | p. 185 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 191 | |
| Notes | p. 195 | |
| Index | p. 229 |
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