What intelligence tests miss [[electronic resource] ] : the psychology of rational thought / / Keith E. Stanovich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456871003321
• Autore: Stanovich Keith E. <1950->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-35218-0; 9786612352188; 0-300-14253-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.9
• Soggetti: Intelligence tests; Thought and thinking; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-301) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Inside George W. Bush's mind : hints at what IQ tests miss -- Dysrationalia : separating rationality and intelligence -- The reflective mind, the algorithmic mind, and the autonomous mind -- Cutting intelligence down to size -- Why intelligent people doing foolish things is no surprise -- The cognitive miser : ways to avoid thinking -- Framing and the cognitive miser -- Myside processing : heads I win, tails I win too! -- A different pitfall of the cognitive miser : thinking a lot, but losing -- Mindware gaps -- Contaminated mindware -- How many ways can thinking go wrong? A taxonomy of irrational thinking tendencies and their relation to intelligence -- The social benefits of increasing human rationality, and meliorating irrationality.
• Sommario/riassunto: Critics of intelligence tests-writers such as Robert Sternberg, Howard Gardner, and Daniel Goleman-have argued in recent years that these tests neglect important qualities such as emotion, empathy, and interpersonal skills. However, such critiques imply that though intelligence tests may miss certain key noncognitive areas, they encompass most of what is important in the cognitive domain. In this book, Keith E. Stanovich challenges this widely held assumption.Stanovich shows that IQ tests (or their proxies, such as the SAT) are ; radically incomplete as measures of cognitive functioning. They fail to assess traits that most people associate with "good thinking," skills such as judgment and decision making. Such cognitive skills are crucial to real-world behavior, affecting the way we plan, evaluate critical evidence, judge risks and probabilities, and make effective decisions. IQ tests fail to assess these skills of rational thought, even though they are measurable cognitive processes. Rational thought is just as important as intelligence, Stanovich argues, and it should be valued as highly as the abilities currently measured on intelligence tests.

Calm energy [[electronic resource] ] : how people regulate mood with food and exercise / / Robert E. Thayer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457527203321
• Autore: Thayer Robert E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 0-19-988102-2; 1-280-53381-1; 0-19-803023-1; 1-60256-693-3
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 274 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 616.89
• Soggetti: Exercise - Psychological aspects; Mental health - Nutritional aspects; Mood (Psychology); Nutrition - Psychological aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2003."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-254) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ch. 1. Mood, self-regulation, and overeating -- ; ch. 2. Living in a stressful world : mood and overweight -- ; ch. 3. How are exercise and mood related? -- ; ch. 4. emotional eating -- ; ch. 5. Mood pleasure : food versus exercise -- ; ch. 6. Why do we have moods? -- ; ch. 7. Changes in energy and mood -- ; ch. 8. The biopsychology of energy ; and tension -- ; ch. 9. Managing your mood.
• Sommario/riassunto: Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause--emotional eating. But this is not just emotional eating as previously known; rather it is a new scientific analysis of exactly how different moods affect eating. He shows how unprecedented stress in society and epidemic levels of depression have led people to food as a poor means of managing mood. In this original approach, Thayer describes how people's daily energy and tension variations occur, and how this knowledge helps overcome the urge to eat the wrong food and to achieve the goal of calm energy. Also, in this most up-to-date scientific analysis of exercise and mood, he shows how physical activity is essential to psychological and physical health, yet why it is resisted. Thayer's work has been discussed in hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and here he outlines in detail the cutting-edge theories and scientific research findings that have generated this extensive media attention.

The American mortgage system [[electronic resource] ] : crisis and reform / / edited by Susan M. Wachter and Marvin M. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788578703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2011
• ISBN: 1-283-89688-5; 0-8122-0430-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Collana: City in the twenty-first century
• Altri autori (Persone): WachterSusan M; SmithMarvin M
• Disciplina: 332.7/20973
• Soggetti: Mortgage loans - United States; Subprime mortgage loans - United States; Secondary mortgage market - United States; Financial crises - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Crisis : origins and solutions -- pt. 2. Community impact -- pt. 3. Reforming the financial architecture.
• Sommario/riassunto: Successful home ownership requires the availability of appropriate mortgage products. In the years leading up to the collapse of the housing market, home buyers frequently accepted mortgages that were not only wrong for them but catastrophic for the economy as a whole. When the housing market bubble burst, so did a cornerstone of the American dream for many families. Restoring the promise of this dream requires an unflinching inspection of lending institutions and the right tools to repair the structures that support solid home purchases. The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform focuses on the causes of the housing market collapse and proposes solutions to prevent another rash of foreclosures.Edited by two leaders in the field of real estate and finance, Susan M. Wachter and Marvin M. Smith, The American Mortgage System examines key elements of the mortgage meltdown. The volume's contributors address the influence of the Community Reinvestment Act, which is often blamed for the crisis. They uncover how the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac invested outside the housing market with disastrous results. They present surprising information about low-income borrowers and the strengths of local banks. This collection of thoughtful studies includes extensive analysis of loan practices and the creation of unstable mortgage securities, presenting data largely unavailable until now. More than a critique, The American Mortgage System offers solutions to the problems facing the future of American home ownership, including identifying asset price bubbles, calculating risk, and preventing discrimination in lending.Measured yet timely and by turns provocative, The American Mortgage System provides a careful assessment of a troubled but indispensable part of the economic and social structure of the United States. This book is a sound investment for economists, urban planners, and all who shape public policy.