Table of Contents
Preface xi
Part I Who Am I?
1 Implicit Egotism 3
2 The Amazing Power of Attention 8
3 There Is More to Hearing Than Meets the Ears 12
4 How Do We Know Ourselves? 17
5 Dual Processing: One Brain, Two Minds? 21
6 Making New Year's Resolutions That Last 27
7 The Powers and Perils of Intuition 32
8 Fearing the Right Things 37
9 We Knew It All Along 42
10 Judging Others and Judging Ourselves 47
11 Behavioral Confirmation: Getting What We Expect 51
12 How Do I Love Me? Let Me Count the Ways 54
Part II Who Are We?
13 The Science of Humility 65
14 When Birth Order Matters 70
15 Cardiac Arrest and the Conscious Experience of Death 75
16 Do People Repress-or Vividly Remember-Traumatic Events? 81
17 When Fear of Losing Steals Our Chances of Winning 85
18 How We Polarize, and What We Can Do About It 90
19 Our Differences Seize Our Attention, Define Our Identity, and Sometimes Deceive Us 96
20 The Psychology of Division 102
21 The Social Psychology of Dissent 106
22 The Overconfidence Phenomenon 111
23 Why Is Everyone Else Having More Fun? 117
24 Social Facilitation: The Energizing Presence of Others 124
25 The Happy Science of Micro-friendships 129
26 How to Make and Sustain Friendships 136
27 Narcissism: The Grandiose Self 142
Part III What in the World?
28 How Nature and Nurture Form Us 149
29 The Wonder of Walking (and Singing): Synchronized Spirits 154
30 Wise Interventions Can Change Lives 158
31 Failure and Flourishing 163
32 Death Is Terrifying to Contemplate, Except for Those Who Are Dying 168
33 Do Places with More Immigrants Exhibit Greater Acceptance or Greater Fear of Immigrants? 173
34 Implicit Bias Is Real. Can Training Programs Decrease It? 178
35 How Politics Changes Politicians 183
36 The Power of Confirmation Bias and the Credibility of Belief 188
37 Friends Versus Phones 194
38 Wealth, Well-Being, and Generosity 198
39 The Mere Exposure Effect: Familiarity Breeds Content 203
40 Do Replication Failures Discredit Psychological Science? 208
Notes 213
Acknowledgments 251