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The things we do : using the lessons of Bernard and Darwin to understand the what, how, and why of our behavior / Gary Cziko.

14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

“Do women participate in and influence meetings equally with men? Does gender shape how a meeting is run and whose voices are heard? The Silent Sex shows how the gender composition and rules of a deliberative body dramatically affect who speaks, how the group interacts, the kinds of issues the group takes up, whose voices prevail, and what the group ultimately decides. It argues that efforts to improve the representation of women will fall short unless they address institutional rules that impede women's voices. Using groundbreaking experimental research supplemented with analysis of school boards, Christopher Karpowitz and Tali Mendelberg demonstrate how the effects of rules depend on women's numbers, so that small numbers are not fatal with a consensus process, but consensus is not always beneficial when there are large numbers of women. Men and women enter deliberative settings facing different expectations about their influence and authority. Karpowitz and Mendelberg reveal how the wrong institutional rules can exacerbate women's deficit of authority while the right rules can close it, and, in the process, establish more cooperative norms of group behavior and more generous policies for the disadvantaged. Rules and numbers have far-reaching implications for the representation of women and their interests. Bringing clarity and insight to one of today's most contentious debates, The Silent Sex provides important new findings on ways to bring women's voices into the conversation on matters of common concern”—Provided by publisher.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

xvii, 450 pages : Grayscale Illustration, Tables ; 25 cm

The silent sex : gender, deliberation, and institutions / Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg.

International library of psychology, philosophy, and scientific method

xii, 192 pages : illustrations, diagrams ; 23 cm.

The symbolic process and its integration in children : a study in social psychology / by John F. Markey.

"We make up our minds about others after seeing their faces for a fraction of a second--and these snap judgments predict all kinds of important decisions. For example, politicians who simply look more competent are more likely to win elections. Yet the character judgments we make from faces are as inaccurate as they are irresistible; in most situations, we would guess more accurately if we ignored faces. So why do we put so much stock in these widely shared impressions? What is their purpose if they are completely unreliable? In this book, Alexander Todorov, one of the world's leading researchers on the subject, answers these questions as he tells the story of the modern science of first impressions. Drawing on psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, and other fields, this accessible and richly illustrated book describes cutting-edge research and puts it in the context of the history of efforts to read personality from faces. Todorov describes how we have evolved the ability to read basic social signals and momentary emotional states from faces, using a network of brain regions dedicated to the processing of faces. Yet contrary to the nineteenth-century pseudoscience of physiognomy and even some of today's psychologists, faces don't provide us a map to the personalities of others. Rather, the impressions we draw from faces reveal a map of our own biases and stereotypes. A fascinating scientific account of first impressions, Face Value explains why we pay so much attention to faces, why they lead us astray, and what our judgments actually tell us."--

327 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Face value : the irresistible influence of first impressions / Alexander Todorov.

Bibliothue de philosophie contemporaine

Medical Heritage Library

La physionomie humaine : son manisme et son re social.

The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020. It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in something better? And how can we stay sane in this world of division? In this beautifully written and illuminating polemic, Booker Prize nominee Elif Shafak reflects on our age of pessimism, when emotions guide and misguide our politics, and misinformation and fear are the norm. A tender, uplifting plea for optimism, Shafak draws on her own memories and delves into the power of stories to reveal how writing can nurture democracy, tolerance and progress. And in the process, she answers one of the most urgent questions of our time.

How to stay sane in an age of division / Elif Shafak.

"In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at Davos on the importance of Happiness. The recent DSM-5, the manual of all diagnosable mental illnesses, for the first time included shyness and grief as treatable diseases. Happiness has become the biggest idea of our age, a new religion dedicated to well-being. In this brilliant dissection of our times, political economist William Davies shows how this philosophy, first pronounced by Jeremy Bentham in the 1780s, has dominated the political debates that have delivered neoliberalism. From a history of business strategies of how to get the best out of employees, to the increased level of surveillance measuring every aspect of our lives; from why experts prefer to measure the chemical in the brain than ask you how you are feeling, to why Freakonomics tells us less about the way people behave than expected, The Happiness Industry is an essential guide to the marketization of modern life. Davies shows that the science of happiness is less a science than an extension of hyper-capitalism"--

The happiness industry : how the government and big business sold us well-being / William Davies.

Longman sociology of education

Social psychology : theories and discussions / W.T. Edwards.

Jonathan Haidt reveals that the reason we find it so hard to get along with others is that our minds are designed to be moral. He examines where morality comes from and why it is the defining characteristic of humans and suggests that it is possible to cooperate with others whose views might be different from our own.

419 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

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The things we do : using the lessons of Bernard and Darwin to understand the what, how, and why of our behavior / Gary Cziko.

Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

The silent sex : gender, deliberation, and institutions / Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg.

The symbolic process and its integration in children : a study in social psychology / by John F. Markey.

Face value : the irresistible influence of first impressions / Alexander Todorov.

La physionomie humaine : son manisme et son re social.

How to stay sane in an age of division / Elif Shafak.

The happiness industry : how the government and big business sold us well-being / William Davies.

Social psychology : theories and discussions / W.T. Edwards.

The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion / by Jonathan Haidt.

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The things we do : using the lessons of Bernard and Darwin to understand the what, how, and why of our behavior / Gary Cziko.

Matthew rides into space : a firsthand look into childhood absence epilepsy / written by Erika Rutley, illustrated by Basil Millevolte.

The silent sex : gender, deliberation, and institutions / Christopher F. Karpowitz, Tali Mendelberg.

The symbolic process and its integration in children : a study in social psychology / by John F. Markey.

Face value : the irresistible influence of first impressions / Alexander Todorov.

La physionomie humaine : son manisme et son re social.

How to stay sane in an age of division / Elif Shafak.

The happiness industry : how the government and big business sold us well-being / William Davies.

Social psychology : theories and discussions / W.T. Edwards.

The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion / by Jonathan Haidt.

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