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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinkingby: Thomas E. Kida  List Price: $19.98 Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.39 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 153.42 EAN: 9781591024088 ISBN: 1591024080 Label: Prometheus Books Manufacturer: Prometheus Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 286 Publication Date: May 02, 2006 Publisher: Prometheus Books Studio: Prometheus Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Do you believe that you can consistently beat the stock market if you put in the effort? —that some people have extrasensory perception? —that crime and drug abuse in America are on the rise? Many people hold one or more of these beliefs although research shows that they are not true. And it’s no wonder since advertising and some among the media promote these and many more questionable notions. Although our creative problem-solving capacity is what has made humans the successful species we are, our brains are prone to certain kinds of errors that only careful critical thinking can correct. This enlightening book discusses how to recognize faulty thinking and develop the necessary skills to become a more effective problem solver. Author Thomas Kida identifies "the six-pack of problems" that leads many of us unconsciously to accept false ideas: · We prefer stories to statistics. · We seek to confirm, not to question, our ideas. · We rarely appreciate the role of chance and coincidence in shaping events. · We sometimes misperceive the world around us. · We tend to oversimplify our thinking. · Our memories are often inaccurate. Kida vividly illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn’t true. In a complex society where success—in all facets of life—often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims, the critical-thinking skills examined in this informative and engaging book will prove invaluable. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Intro into Critical Thinking (Beware...This Book Will Challenge You)!This book serves as an excellent foray into critical thinking. The author challenges us to assess and confront our beliefs. He uses examples from everyday life which makes it a very enjoyable and entertaining read. For me personally, reading this book forced me to examine some of my own silly, pseudoscientific beliefs (which I was hanging onto by a thread) and finally let them go. It also served as my introduction into scientific skepticism. For that, I will always be grateful to the author. ... Read More Rating: - You need to read this book!Kida has written a wonderful handbook for becoming a better critical thinker. In an enjoyable and easy-to-understand style, he summarizes the major judgment fallacies that ALL are influenced by. I consider myself to be a reasonably skeptical person so I was shocked as I discovered that many of my own decision processes were susceptible to Kida's judgment fallacies. This book will definitely change the way you think! Rating:  - Interesting topic, boring bookI were expecting much more from this book. It is very basic and repetitive. Probably the author can make a 20 pages summery without missing any important concept. (later)... I take a breath and finish it, and have to acknowledge the last part of the book is better, so add some 30 more pages to the summery Rating:  - Okay presentation of material - not the bestI think this book does a decent job organizing and giving example for categories of "mistakes in thinking." I have not test-driven it with one of my social psychology or cognitive psychology classes to see what our students think of it and how much they absorb from it (more important from my point of view). As a clinician, I was unimpressed with misinformed comments on the Rorschach and other projective tests. These days very few clinicians assume thematic face validity of people's ... Read More Rating:  - A way to rethink your thinkingI was looking for something to stir my thought process as lately we've been bombarded with a variety of viewpoints from a variety of sources (TV newspapers, blogs, etc etc etc). It was a good reminder on how to analyze information - without jumping to conclusions based on minimal evidence. I've found myself falling into that same trap a few times and being given viewpoints based on someone's personal experience or sound bites on television. We're constantly bombarded with snippets of ... Read More 
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