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  Why Smart People Can be So Stupid (Paperback) Edited by Robert J. Sternberg

  

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  Short Description for Why Smart People Can be So Stupid This volume investigates the psychological basis for stupidity in everyday life. Experts shed light on the nature and theory of stupidity, whether stupidity is measurable, how people can avoid stupidity and its devastating consequences, and much more.
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  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Published: 03 October 2003
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages
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  • Categories: Psychology | Cognition & Cognitive Psychology | Intelligence & Reasoning
  • ISBN 13: 9780300101706 ISBN 10: 0300101708
  • Sales rank: 382,251

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Full description for Why Smart People Can be So Stupid

• Why do intelligent people sometimes behave in ways so stupid that they destroy their livelihoods or even their lives? This volume investigates the psychological basis for stupidity in everyday life. Experts shed light on the nature and theory of stupidity, whether stupidity is measurable, how people can avoid stupidity and its devastating consequences, and much more.