Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into. A really great look into the current research into how/why people cheat/lie to other people and even to themselves. It was also disturbing and slightly distressing, as the main premise is that most harm to society comes from normal people each cheating just a little bit, then rationalizing it to fit in our personal "fudge factor". METHODS, METHODS, METHODS. Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2018, Interesting book. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. I read this book in one sitting.
Just because someone says they did a study and here are the findings, it doesn't mean; a) those findings were robust or statically significant, or b) that you can generalize those findings to other phenomena. Locks won't protect you from the thieves, who can get in your house if they really want to. April 1, 2019. The reasons why we lie and to what extent we’re willing to lie are pretty fascinating, and if you haven’t read anything else of the sort before, this might be pretty revelatory.
When Ariely and colleagues DO leave the artificial environment of the classroom –- sending a blind girl into a farmers’ market to buy tomatoes, for example –- their research yields some interesting results. Absolutely wonderful book. (People reported more total miles, presumably more honestly, when the signature line was at the top.) It just wasn’t in my nature. I read it, I am hooked, I love it. I once read that the study of psychology is the study of the college freshman (because they represent the segment of the population most readily accessible to the professorial psychologists who need people to test their hypotheses). As one who thinks of himself as "totally honest" aside from the occasional white lie to spare someone's feelings (i.e. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. The author, Mr. Dan Ariely, provides insightful analysis on dishonesty. So that's why I would waste my oh-so-precious time reading a book titled "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty". Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I never drank or smoked anything illegal. The honest truth is, we are all dishonest.
A must read on Behavioural Economics/Psychology. Niklas Goeke Self Improvement. 1-Sentence-Summary: The Honest Truth About Dishonesty reveals our motivation behind cheating, why it’s not entirely rational, and, based on many experiments, what we can do to lessen the conflict between wanting to get ahead and being good people. I especially like his discussion about conditions that can influence physicians to provide advice that is not in the best interest for the patient, Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2014. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Needless to say, this never sat right with me. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. This was fascinating.
Some of them are fairly large and realistic experiments, such as a car insurance company that randomly put a signature line at the top or bottom of a form where insured reported miles driven in the past year. In one sentence, what was your key learning from the book? Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty at Amazon.com. Start by marking “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves” as Want to Read: Error rating book. ~An anonymous locksmith. appearance issues), I was really surprised by this. I think his thinking rests on an overly narrow concept of culture. But Northern Italy has a higher culture of trust and the big factories are located there.) I ended up looking up to studies and reading them to get a bit more substance, but I still feel like they are only suggestive of his findings at best. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. The book is well written, well paced and I personally think the topics discussed are fascinating. Other experiments were quite artificial with unspecified sample sizes. Fun to read. Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2012, This book was pretty decent until the end. I think my interpretation would depend on how exactly the task was presented, but this was not specified in either the book or the paper (which I looked up). For more than a decade, Neil deGrasse Tyson, the world-renowned astrophysicist and host of the popular radio and Emmy-nominated... To see what your friends thought of this book. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television. We’d love your help. In all honesty, this book was a letdown. But companies were quite reluctant to let their people be tested, so the book’s conclusions struck me as more valid in a college campus environment than in a work environment (where company culture – and the threat of losing your job -- would very likely be a dominant factor).
An interesting topic, though pretty familiar ground if you have any exposure to behavioral economics and/or cognitive psychology.
There's a problem loading this menu right now. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. Not only were Ariely's studies extremely soft/subjective, but he actually took those extremely unreliable results and applied them to other social situations he had no business applying them too. It's written by Dan Ariely who is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University. Interesting book. I would have liked to see his research coupled with findings by other researchers to give a broader perspective on the topic. VERY helpful and super insightful. The questions social scientists want to answer are so interesting, worth 5 stars. For example, we are less likely to cheat if reminded of our moral standards right beforehand, more likely to cheat when the results of our cheating are indirect, and more likely to. It is a fascinating look into the inherent dishonesty that lies in all of us. I often wonder if she thinks the rest of us actually believe her, or if she is even aware that she is in the midst of telling a lie. June 5th 2012 Fun to Read, but not a lot of new information, Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018, I gave this book a 3 star rating because, there are several other books, which have preceded his, that enlighten the reader about decision making; particularly the conditions that tend to cause a decision made to be flawed.
