Image from Coce

Self-insight : roadblocks and detours on the path to knowing thyself / David Dunning.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Essays in social psychologyPublisher: New York : Psychology Press, 2005Description: xiv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1841690740
  • 9781841690742
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 158.1 22
LOC classification:
  • BF697.5.S43 D78 2005
Contents:
Ch. 1. Thales's lament : on the vagaries of self-assessment -- Ch. 2. Ignorance as bliss -- Ch. 3. Clues for competence -- Ch. 4. The dearest teacher -- Ch. 5. False uniqueness -- Ch. 6. In a word -- Ch. 7. The merest decency -- Ch. 8. Beyond one's self -- Ch. 9. Reflections on self-reflection.
Review: "This book outlines some of the common errors that people make when they evaluate themselves. It also describes the many psychological barriers - some that people build by their own hand - that prevent individuals form achieving self-insight about their ability and character." "The first section of the book focuses on mistaken views of competence, and explores why people often remain blissfully unaware of their incompetence and personality flaws. The second section focuses on faulty views of character, and explores why people tend to perceive they are more unique and special than they really are, why people tend to possess inflated opinions of their moral fiber that are not matched by their deeds, and why people fail to anticipate the impact that emotions have on their choices and actions." "The book will be of great interest to students and researchers in social, personality, and cognitive psychology, but, through the accessibility of its writing style, it will also appeal to those outside of academic psychology with an interest in the psychological processes that lead to our self-insight."--BOOK JACKET.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 158.1 DUN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A413230B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-207) and index.

Ch. 1. Thales's lament : on the vagaries of self-assessment -- Ch. 2. Ignorance as bliss -- Ch. 3. Clues for competence -- Ch. 4. The dearest teacher -- Ch. 5. False uniqueness -- Ch. 6. In a word -- Ch. 7. The merest decency -- Ch. 8. Beyond one's self -- Ch. 9. Reflections on self-reflection.

"This book outlines some of the common errors that people make when they evaluate themselves. It also describes the many psychological barriers - some that people build by their own hand - that prevent individuals form achieving self-insight about their ability and character." "The first section of the book focuses on mistaken views of competence, and explores why people often remain blissfully unaware of their incompetence and personality flaws. The second section focuses on faulty views of character, and explores why people tend to perceive they are more unique and special than they really are, why people tend to possess inflated opinions of their moral fiber that are not matched by their deeds, and why people fail to anticipate the impact that emotions have on their choices and actions." "The book will be of great interest to students and researchers in social, personality, and cognitive psychology, but, through the accessibility of its writing style, it will also appeal to those outside of academic psychology with an interest in the psychological processes that lead to our self-insight."--BOOK JACKET.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha