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Never saw it coming : cultural challenges to envisioning the worst /
People?especially Americans?are by and large optimists. They're much better at imagining best-case scenarios (I could win the lottery!) than worst-case scenarios (A hurricane could destroy my neighborhood!). This is true not just of their approach to imagining the future, but of their memories...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | People?especially Americans?are by and large optimists. They're much better at imagining best-case scenarios (I could win the lottery!) than worst-case scenarios (A hurricane could destroy my neighborhood!). This is true not just of their approach to imagining the future, but of their memories as well: people are better able to describe the best moments of their lives than they are the worst. Though there are psychological reasons for this phenomenon, Karen A. Cerulo, in Never Saw It Coming, considers instead the role of society in fostering this attitude. What kinds of communities develop this. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226100296 0226100294 1281959340 9781281959348 0226100324 9780226100326 9786611959340 6611959343 |