Talking to strangers :
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know / What we should know about the people we don't know What we should know about the people we do not know Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index.
Introduction : "Step out of the car!" -- Part I. Spies and diplomats : two puzzles. Fidel Castro's revenge ; Getting to know der F�uhrer -- Part II. Default to truth. The queen of Cuba ; The holy fool ; Case study : The boy in the shower -- Part III. Transparency. The Friends fallacy ; A (short) explanation of the Amanda Knox case ; Case study : The fraternity party -- Part IV. Lessons. KSM : what happens when the stranger is a terrorist? -- Part V. Coupling. Sylvia Plath ; Case study : The Kansas City experiments ; Sandra Bland.
In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines to illustrate that people size up the motivations, emotions, and trustworthiness of those they don't know both wrongly and with misplaced confidence.
9780316478526 0316478520
2019935109
Psychology, Applied.
Strangers.
Threat (Psychology)
Conduct of life--Miscellanea.
Interpersonal relations--Miscellanea.
Trust.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication.
Conduct of life.
Interpersonal relations.
Trust.
Interpersonal relations.
Children and strangers.
Trust.
Informational works.
Informational works.
HM1111 / .G53 2019 HHM1106 / .G58 2019
302
Talking to strangers : what we should know about the people we don't know / What we should know about the people we don't know What we should know about the people we do not know Malcolm Gladwell. - First edition. - xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index.
Introduction : "Step out of the car!" -- Part I. Spies and diplomats : two puzzles. Fidel Castro's revenge ; Getting to know der F�uhrer -- Part II. Default to truth. The queen of Cuba ; The holy fool ; Case study : The boy in the shower -- Part III. Transparency. The Friends fallacy ; A (short) explanation of the Amanda Knox case ; Case study : The fraternity party -- Part IV. Lessons. KSM : what happens when the stranger is a terrorist? -- Part V. Coupling. Sylvia Plath ; Case study : The Kansas City experiments ; Sandra Bland.
In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines to illustrate that people size up the motivations, emotions, and trustworthiness of those they don't know both wrongly and with misplaced confidence.
9780316478526 0316478520
2019935109
Psychology, Applied.
Strangers.
Threat (Psychology)
Conduct of life--Miscellanea.
Interpersonal relations--Miscellanea.
Trust.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication.
Conduct of life.
Interpersonal relations.
Trust.
Interpersonal relations.
Children and strangers.
Trust.
Informational works.
Informational works.
HM1111 / .G53 2019 HHM1106 / .G58 2019
302