Never saw it coming : cultural challenges to envisioning the worst /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cerulo, Karen A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Catastrophical, The.
Cognition and culture.
Social psychology.
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Psychology, Social
Catastrophe (Philosophie)
Cognition et culture.
Psychologie sociale.
Sociologie de la connaissance.
social psychology.
sociology of knowledge.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Catastrophical, The
Cognition and culture
Knowledge, Sociology of
Social psychology
Online Access:Texto completo

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