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Predictably irrational : the hidden forces that shape our decisions / Dan Ariely.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Harper, c2009.Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: xxxii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061854545
  • 0061854549
Other title:
  • Hidden forces that shape our decisions
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153
LOC classification:
  • BF 448 A698p 2009
Contents:
Introduction : How an injury led me to irrationality and to the research described here -- ch. 1. Truth about relativity : why everything is relative, even when it shouldn't be -- ch. 2. Fallacy of supply and demand : why the price of pearls, and everything else, is up in the air -- ch. 3. Cost of zero cost : why we often pay too much when we pay nothing -- ch. 4. Cost of social norms : why we are happy to do things, but not when we are paid to do them -- ch. 5. Influence of arousal : why hot is much hotter than we realize -- ch. 6. Problem of procrastination and self-control : why we can't make ourselves do what we want to do -- ch. 7. High price of ownership : why we overvalue what we have -- ch. 8. Keeping doors open : why options distract us from our main objective -- ch. 9. Effect of expectations : why the mind gets what it expects -- ch. 10. Power of price : why a 50-cent aspirin can do what a penny aspirin can't -- ch. 11. Context of our character, part 1 : why we are dishonest, and what we can do about it -- ch 12. Context of our character, part 2 : why dealing with cash makes us more honest -- 13. Beer and free lunches : what is behavioral economics, and where are the free lunches? -- Bonus material added for the revised and expanded edition : reflections and anecdotes about some of the chapters -- Thoughts about the subprime mortgage crisis and its consequences -- Thanks -- List of collaborators -- Notes -- Bibliography and additional readings -- Index.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BF 448 A698p 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000076212

"Originally published in 2008, in a different format, by HarperCollins Publishers."--T.p. verso.

"1st rev. and expanded ed"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-353) and index.

Introduction : How an injury led me to irrationality and to the research described here -- ch. 1. Truth about relativity : why everything is relative, even when it shouldn't be -- ch. 2. Fallacy of supply and demand : why the price of pearls, and everything else, is up in the air -- ch. 3. Cost of zero cost : why we often pay too much when we pay nothing -- ch. 4. Cost of social norms : why we are happy to do things, but not when we are paid to do them -- ch. 5. Influence of arousal : why hot is much hotter than we realize -- ch. 6. Problem of procrastination and self-control : why we can't make ourselves do what we want to do -- ch. 7. High price of ownership : why we overvalue what we have -- ch. 8. Keeping doors open : why options distract us from our main objective -- ch. 9. Effect of expectations : why the mind gets what it expects -- ch. 10. Power of price : why a 50-cent aspirin can do what a penny aspirin can't -- ch. 11. Context of our character, part 1 : why we are dishonest, and what we can do about it -- ch 12. Context of our character, part 2 : why dealing with cash makes us more honest -- 13. Beer and free lunches : what is behavioral economics, and where are the free lunches? -- Bonus material added for the revised and expanded edition : reflections and anecdotes about some of the chapters -- Thoughts about the subprime mortgage crisis and its consequences -- Thanks -- List of collaborators -- Notes -- Bibliography and additional readings -- Index.

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