01288nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005803700340007604100120011008200160012210000230013824500730016125000060023426000260024030000080026650007110027465000310098565000180101665000480103420251118113213.0251118b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780091932633  cGiftednSudhakar, 7045818418   aEnglish  a153bHAL/ER  aHallinan, Joseph T  aERRORNOMICSb: Why We Make Mistakes and What We Can Do To Avoid Them  a1  aUKbEbury Pressc2009  g280  aHow did security staff at LA International Airport miss 75% of bomb-making materials that went through screening? Which way should you turn before joining a supermarket queue? Why should a woman hope it was a man who witnessed her bag being snatched? And what possessed Burt Reynolds to punch a guy with no legs?

Human beings can be stubbornly irrational and wilfully blind ... but at least we're predictably wrong. From minor lapses (why we're so likely to forget passwords) to life-threatening blunders (why anaesthetists used to maim their patients), Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Joseph T. Hallinan explains the everyday mistakes that shape our lives, and what we can do to prevent them happening.  aPhilosophy & psychology   aPsychology   aConscious mental processes and intelligence