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Dutch cardiologist A.J. Dunning brings a wry wit and an impressive knowledge of art, literature, and religion to his essays on the sublime and the monstrous in society. He writes of Joan of Arc and Gilles de Rais, who were brought together in the service of their king and eventually burnt at the stake: one is a martyr, one as a pederast mass murderer. He compares a seventeenth-century nun's veneration of the heart with that of the first surgeons who...
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Keizer attempts to unravel the various methods that humans find to help one another. He searches for the meaning of help through his own encounters with aiding others and retellings of the biblical story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), contending that help is not simply a form of altruism but is based on our desire and intention to give aid. In addition, help is so much a part of our human character that we find ourselves asking whether or...
4) Uh-oh
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Explores different everyday subjects from meatloaf to the Salvation Army Band, fireflies to funerals, and hiccups to a watch without hands.
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"Two prominent social psychologists, specializing in the study of human behavior, provide insight into why we trust the people we do and how to use that knowledge in understanding and influencing people in our own lives, "--NoveList.
When faced with a challenge, we often turn to those we trust for words of wisdom. Gilovich and Ross ask: Why? What do these people know? What are the foundations of their wisdom? Wisdom, unlike intelligence, demands...
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David Paré Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottowa. He is co-editor of two new books this year: Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy (with G. Larner); and Furthering Talk: Advances in the Discursive Therapies (with T. Strong). He is interested in postmodern theory and practice in counseling, social constructionism, narrative and collaborative therapies, reflecting teamwork and epistemological issues in counseling...
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Examines how our understanding of human mastery is being applied to the way computers "think." In the near future, the authors argue, the most advanced computer systems and the most successful businesses will be able to use a new generation of technology to anticipate customer needs before customers even know what they want, see production snafus before they occur, traffic jams before they materialize, and operational problems before they arise.
10) On apology
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Offers a critical dissection of the apology and its implications, looking not only at individuals, but at groups and nations, revealing the feelings and actions of this interaction and illuminating a hidden corner of the human heart.
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"From Charles Darwin to Malcolm Gladwell, writers and scientists have been fascinated by what prompts us to make snap decisions. In Basic Instinct, award-winning neuroscientist Mark S. Blumberg provides readers with a logical perspective that does not rely on the cliched explanations that have become so prevalent among scientists and laypeople alike. Blumberg delves into the debate between the nativists and evolutionary psychologists, who believe...
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For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily Post -- the most trusted name in etiquette -- has always been there to help people navigate every conceivable social situation. The tradition continues with this 100 percent revised and updated edition, which covers the formal, the traditional,...
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"In this provocative book, Anne Innis Dagg, an eminent and outspoken critic of Darwinian psychology (alias evolutionary psychology, alias sociobiology), presents an overview of the discipline and its popularity among both professionals and lay people, then examines concepts of social behavior - based on "genes vs. culture"--Including topics of race, intelligence, homosexuality and aggression in the form of rape, infanticide, gang violence, war and...
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Encourage students to explore biases and stereotypes with this sixth series of ABC News "What Would You Do?" segments. Each scenario puts actors into exchanges with unwitting bystanders, generating a wide range of responses-from overt hostility towards other races and cultures to acts of genuine compassion. Topics explored include race and ethnicity, gender, disability, homelessness, age, and more.
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Frans de Waal has spent the last two decades studying our closest primate relations, and his observations encompass the spectrum of human behavior. This is an engrossing discourse that proposes thought-provoking and sometimes shocking connections among chimps, bonobos, and those most paradoxical of apes, human beings.
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This bold new series puts human behaviour under the microscope. A plush country house is rigged with surveillance cameras and a group of unwitting test subjects invited to take part in various group activities, from a flirty singles night to an awkward team-building weekend. From inside a secret observational room, presenter Michael Mosley and experts analyse the contributors' every move. Stooges are thrown into the mix to manipulate the action and...
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