Trivers, Robert.
Summary: Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship, neurophysiology, and immunology, but can be negated by awareness of it and its results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.4 TRISummary: The authors expose the fascinating ways that we can blind ourselves to our true motivations and unwittingly sabotage the effectiveness of our own efforts to achieve success and happiness ... drawing on the extensive correspondence the authors have received over the years, they have added a section that outlines the many ways that readers have been using [the book] to improve their lives and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.5 LEAHallinan, Joseph T.
Summary: Presents an analysis of the human inclination toward self-deception that explains how selective misperception influences every major aspect of life, has powerful placebo effects, and does not always have negative consequences.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014