Paul Bloom
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2016.
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First edition.
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English
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The library is a place of learning, and it's important for young readers to know what they can and can't do among the stacks. Learning to keep quiet, be polite, and ask librarians good questions can help readers get the most out of their school or public library. Through accessible text, early readers will love discovering how to find their favorite books and what they need to do to make sure their trip to the library is a productive and pleasant...
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[2016]
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First edition.
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English
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The classroom is a place of learning, but it can also be, filled with fun. Through simple text and supporting photographs, early readers will learn that listening to their teachers and being respectful of others is a lesson just as important as anything else learned in the classroom. Readers will understand the importance of basic classroom rules, such as raising your hand to ask a question, as well as how to interact with others in the classroom...
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"We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our wisest policy-makers, activists, scientists, and philosophers agree that the only problem with empathy is that we don't have enough of it. Nothing could be farther from the truth, argues Yale researcher Paul Bloom. In [this book], Bloom [posits that] empathy [is] one of the leading motivators of inequality and immorality in society....
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream, or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Where do these seemingly perverse appetites come from? Drawing on groundbreaking findings from psychology and brain science, The Sweet Spot shows how the right kind of suffering sets the...
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[2023]
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English
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"How does the brain-a three-pound wrinkly mass-give rise to intelligence and conscious experience? Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires? What is the function of emotions such as disgust, gratitude, and shame? Renowned psychologist Paul Bloom answers these questions and many more in Psych, his riveting new book about the science of the mind. Psych is an expert and passionate guide to the most intimate aspects of our nature,...
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2013.
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English
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"A leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. From Sigmund Freud to Lawrence Kohlberg, psychologists have long believed that we begin life as amoral animals. After all, isn't it the parents' role to turn babies into civilized beings who can experience empathy and shame, and override selfish impulses? In Just Babies, Paul Bloom argues that humans are in fact hardwired with a sense of morality. Drawing...
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