The Rationality Quotient: Toward a Test of Rational Thinking

by Keith E. Stanovich, Maggie E. Toplak, Richard F. West

Book Overview

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills.

Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people do foolish things all the time. Misjudgments and bad decisions by highly educated bankers and money managers, for example, brought us the financial crisis of 2008. Smart people do foolish things because intelligence is not the same as the capacity for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262034840
• ISBN13: 9780262034845
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher