"Stephen Greenspan has penned the definitive book on why people are gullible. He reveals why so many people are so gullible, the psychology that drives gullible behaviors, and most importantly what we can do about it. Annals of Gullibility belongs on the bookshelves of skeptics and scientists, not to mention politicians and policy analysts, especially before they go to war." -- Michael Shermer Publisher, Skeptics Magazine
FOREWORD Chapter 1--INTRODUCTION Chapter 2--GULLIBILITY IN LITERATURE AND FOLK TALES Chapter 3--GULLIBILITY IN RELIGION Chapter 4--GULLIBILITY IN WAR AND POLITICS Chapter 5--GULLIBILITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Chapter 6--GULLIBILITY IN SCIENCE AND ACADEMIA Chapter 7--GULLIBILITY IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS Chapter 8--GULLIBILITY IN FINANCE AND RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 9--QUESTIONS ABOUT GULLIBILITY Chapter 10-BECOMING LESS GULLIBLE REFERENCES
STEPHEN GREENSPAN is a developmental psychologist, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado, and Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. In 2008, he received the Dybwad Award for Humanitarianism from the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. A specialist in developmental disablities with a particular interest in social competence and incompetence, Greenspan's interest in gullibility grew out of his advocacy for the innocence of a cognitively-impaired man wrongly convicted of murder.
Annals of Gullibility provides some interesting examples of
gullibility for people looking for such anecdotes, perhaps for a
lecture or colloquium. The final chapter might also be useful
reading for students or others who want to increase their
resistance to persuasion and would be a valuable reading assignment
for classes in related topics.
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