Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
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Occupation/field of activity group: occ Journalists |
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Gender group: gdr Men |
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National/regional group: nat New Yorkers (New York State) |
Physical Medium |
regular print |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index. |
Summary |
In this treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, the author 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. The author uses a variety of examples from history and from headlines to illustrate that people size up the motivations, emotions, and trustworthiness of those they don't know both wrongly and with misplaced confidence |
Contents |
Introduction : "Step out of the car!" -- Part I. Spies and diplomats : two puzzles. Fidel Castro's revenge ; Getting to know der Führer -- Part II. Default to truth. Queen of Cuba ; Holy fool ; Case study : The boy in the shower -- Part III. Transparency. 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. |
Language |
In English. |
Subject |
Psychology, Applied.
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Psychology, Applied. |
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Strangers.
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Strangers. |
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Threat (Psychology)
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Threat (Psychology) |
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Conduct of life -- Miscellanea.
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Conduct of life. |
Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Subject |
Interpersonal relations -- Miscellanea.
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Interpersonal relations -- Miscellanea. |
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Trust.
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Trust. |
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Interpersonal relations. |
Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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Added Title |
What we should know about the people we don't know |
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What we should know about the people we do not know |
ISBN |
9780316478526 (hardback) |
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0316478520 (hardback) |
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0316535575 (large print) |
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9780316535571 (large print) |
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