Daniel Gilbert, Stumbling on Happiness. (Спотыкаясь о счастье)
Прочитал занятную книгу. Такая научно-популярная штука про счатье и психологию. Очень много отсылок на всякие исследования. В Минске тоже продаётся (тут к примеру). Два очень классных выступления этого мужика есть на TED (Why are we happy? и Our mistaken expectations там есть титры). Это очень яркий дядька: он потрясно говорит и эти два выступления я записал в свои любимые вместе с Барри Шварцом. В принципе эти выступления являются выжимкой из книги, хотя именно они меня и подвигли на прочтение. Немного цитат:
For example, in one study, researchers telephoned people in different parts of the country and asked them how satisfied they were with their lives. When people who lived in cities that happened to be having nice weather that day imagined their lives, they reported that their lives were relatively happy; but when people who lived in cities that happened to be having bad weather that day imagined their lives, they reported that their lives were relatively unhappy.
For example, in one study, physicians read about Medication X and were then asked wheater they would prescribe the medication for a patient with osteoarthritis. The physicians clearly considered the medication worthwhile, because only 28 percent chose not to prescribe it. But when another group of physicians was asked whether they would prescribe Medication X or an equally effective Medication Y for a patient with the same disease, 48 percent chose to prescribe nothing. Apparently, adding another equally effective medication to the list of possibilities made it difficult for the physicians to decide between the two medications, thus leading many of them to recommend neither.
People with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer are particularly likely to compare themselves with those who are in worse shape, which explains why 96 percent of the cancer patients in one study claimed to be in better health than the average cancer patient.
Вообще там много абзацев начинаются с "For example, in one study, ..." что и хорошо.
For example, in one study, researchers telephoned people in different parts of the country and asked them how satisfied they were with their lives. When people who lived in cities that happened to be having nice weather that day imagined their lives, they reported that their lives were relatively happy; but when people who lived in cities that happened to be having bad weather that day imagined their lives, they reported that their lives were relatively unhappy.
For example, in one study, physicians read about Medication X and were then asked wheater they would prescribe the medication for a patient with osteoarthritis. The physicians clearly considered the medication worthwhile, because only 28 percent chose not to prescribe it. But when another group of physicians was asked whether they would prescribe Medication X or an equally effective Medication Y for a patient with the same disease, 48 percent chose to prescribe nothing. Apparently, adding another equally effective medication to the list of possibilities made it difficult for the physicians to decide between the two medications, thus leading many of them to recommend neither.
People with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer are particularly likely to compare themselves with those who are in worse shape, which explains why 96 percent of the cancer patients in one study claimed to be in better health than the average cancer patient.
Вообще там много абзацев начинаются с "For example, in one study, ..." что и хорошо.