Psychology: Books

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  The Moral Animal : Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology (Vintage) (496 pages)

  

  By Robert Wright. An accessible introduction to the science of evolutionary psychology and how it explains many aspects of human nature. Unlike many books on the topic,which focus on abstractions like kin selection, this book focuses on Darwinian explanations of why we are the way we are--emotionally and morally. ...

   
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  The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement (400 pages)

  

  By Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox.

   
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  Judgment under Uncertainty : Heuristics and Biases (544 pages)

  

  By . The thirty-five chapters in this book describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. Individual chapters discuss the representativeness and availability heuristics, problems ...

   
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  Heuristics and Biases : The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment (874 pages)

  

  By . Judgment pervades human experience. Do I have a strong enough case to go to trial? Will the Fed change interest rates? Can I trust this person? This book examines how people answer such questions. How do people cope with the complexities of the world economy, the uncertain behavior of friends and ...

   
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  Lean Thinking : Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, Revised and Updated (384 pages)

  

  By James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, James Womack, Daniel Jones. In the revised and updated edition of _Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation_, authors James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones provide a thoughtful expansion upon their value-based business system based on the Toyota model. Along the way they update their action plan in ...

   
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  Rational Choice in an Uncertain World : The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making (392 pages)

  

  By Reid Hastie, Robyn M. Dawes. When faced with an important decision, we are often on our own to think through what we might do and what the probable consequences of out behaviors are. As we make these judgments, it is important that we be able to communicate precisely and fluently with one another. In *Rational Choice in an ...