The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic At Work and At Home

By:

Ariely, Dan

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Harper Collins Publishers 2010Description: 334pISBN:

9780007412655

Subject(s):

Decision Making

DDC classification:

153.4 ARI

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Item type	Current library	Item location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	NIMA Knowledge Centre	9th Floor Reading Zone	General	153.4 ARI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		M0027284

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Introduction Lessons from procrastination and medical side effects Paying more for less : why big bonuses don't always work The Meaning of labor : what Legos can teach us about the joy of work The IKEA effect : why we overvalue what we make The Not-invented here bias : why "my" ideas are better than "yours" The Case for revenge : what makes us seek justice? On adaptation : why we get used to things (but not all things, and not always) Hot or not? : adaptation, assortative mating, and the beauty market When a market fails : an example from online dating On empathy and emotion : why we respond to one person who needs help but not to many The Long-term effects of short-term emotions : why we shouldn't act on our negative feelings Lessons from our irrationalities : why we need to test everything.

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