Paul Bloom
autor
The Human Mind
Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you: a wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by one of its greatest experts.
Nothing is more familiar and yet less understood than the human mind. It defines the experience of being human, and yet its workings contain some of the deepest mysteries ever encountered. Written by one of the world's greatest teachers of psychology, The Human Mind provides a masterful and riveting guide to all that we have learned since modern science began probing those mysteries. It will illuminate everything you think and feel, everything you say and do, everything that makes you you.
Psych
A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology, based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all time
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, serving up the equivalent of a serious university course while being funny, engaging, and full of memorable anecdotes. But Psych is much more than a comprehensive overview of the field of psychology. Bloom reveals what psychology can tell us about the most pressing moral and political issues of our time—including belief in conspiracy theories, the role of genes in explaining human differences, and the nature of prejudice and hatred.
Bloom also shows how psychology can give us practical insights into important issues—from the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety to the best way to lead happy and fulfilling lives. Psych is an engrossing guide to the most important topic there is: it is the story of us.
The Sweet Spot
What if experiencing a good life involves more than just pleasure?
Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.
It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposite. And yet we are irresistibly drawn to a host of experiences that truly hurt, from the exhilarating fear of horror movies or extreme sport to the gruelling challenges of exercise, work, creativity and having a family.
Drawing on ground-breaking findings, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explores the pleasures of suffering and reveals why the activities that provide the most satisfaction are often the ones that involve the greatest sacrifice. Embracing this truth, he shows, is the key to a life well lived.
Against Empathy
In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem. We think of empathy - the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves - as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires care and protection in personal relationships, it has the opposite effect in the wider world.
As the latest research in psychology and neuroscience shows, we feel empathy most for those we find attractive and who seem similar to us and not at all for those who are different, distant or anonymous. Empathy therefore biases us in favour of individuals we know while numbing us to the plight of thousands. Guiding us expertly through the experiments, case studies and arguments on all sides, Paul Bloom ultimately shows that some of our worst decisions - in charity, child-raising, criminal justice, climate change and war - are motivated by this wolf in sheep's clothing.
Brilliantly argued, urgent and humane, Against Empathy overturns widely held assumptions to reveal one of the most profound yet overlooked sources of human conflict.
Jak se děti učí významu slov
Jak děti zjistí, že slovo „pes“ označuje psa a ne třeba kočku, auto anebo člověka? Jak poznají, co znamenají slovesa „myslet“ nebo „věřit“, přídavná jména „dobrý“ či „bílý“, anebo třeba slova označující abstraktní jevy, jako jsou „hypotéka“ nebo „příběh“? Děti si slova osvojují poměrně rychle, obvykle bez toho, aby je to někdo explicitně učil. Porozumění významům slov je jedním ze základních problémů současného zkoumání lidského myšlení. Paul Bloom zastává přístup, že učení se významům slov je výsledkem interakce rozličných kognitivních a jazykových schopností, mezi něž patří schopnost porozumět záměrům druhých lidí, schopnost osvojit si abstraktní pojmy, schopnost porozumět syntaktické struktuře a určité obecnější schopnosti týkající se paměti a učení.
Ačkoli ostatní vědci dosud spojovali učení se slovům s některou z těchto dovedností, Bloom je první, kdo ukazuje, že k úplnému porozumění slovům je potřeba všech těchto lidských schopností. Na to, aby si děti – ale i dospělí – osvojili i ta nejjednodušší slova, potřebují bohaté pojmové, sociální a jazykové dovednosti, které se vzájemně doplňují.
The Sweet Spot
A good life involves more than just pleasure. Suffering is essential too.
It seems obvious that pleasure leads to happiness - and pain does the opposite. And yet we are irresistibly drawn to a host of experiences that truly hurt, from the exhilarating fear of horror movies or extreme sport, to the wrenching sadness of a song or novel, to the gruelling challenges of exercise, work, creativity and having a family.
In The Sweet Spot, pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explores the pleasures of suffering and explains why the activities that provide most satisfaction are often the ones that involve greatest sacrifice. He argues that embracing this truth is the key to a life well lived.
Drawing on ground-breaking findings from psychology and brain science, he shows how the right kind of suffering sets the stage for enhanced pleasure, and how pain itself can serve a variety of valuable functions: to distract us from our anxieties or even express them, to help us transcend the self or project our identity, or as a gateway to the joys of mastery and flow.
As Bloom argues, deep down we all aspire to lives of meaning and significance, and that means some amount of struggle, anxiety and loss. After all, if the things that mean most to us were easy, what would be the point?
Endlessly fascinating and counter-intuitive, this deeply humane and enlightening enquiry is packed with unexpected insight into the human condition.
Revealing the surprising roots of lasting happiness, The Sweet Spot by pre-eminent psychologist Paul Bloom explains why suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives.
'Paul Bloom can always be counted on to take your confident assumptions about humanity and turn them upside down' SUSAN CAIN, author of Quiet
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Proč se nám líbí to co se nám líbí
Přemýšleli jste někdy o tom, proč se z některých jedinců stávají kanibalové? Proč nám (většinou) připadá nechutné a zvrhlé mít sex s vlastním sourozencem nebo rodičem? Proč se někdo dobrovolně nechá týrat a ponižovat, a ještě mu to působí rozkoš? Proč nám originály uměleckých děl připadají nekonečně cennější než padělky?
Autor téhle knihy se pouští pořádně hluboko do téhle neprobádané říše a vysvětluje, jak se tímhle vším výrazně odlišujeme od ostatních živých tvorů a jak nás právě tyhle věci činí "lidskými".
Dokonce už od plenek dokážeme my lidé rozpoznat realitu od fikce. A přestože spřádání snů, fantazie, okouzlení hudbou či příběhy nám v našem evolučním vývoji nepřinášejí nic nezbytného pro přežití, necháváme se tím vším znovu a znovu okouzlovat. Proč?
To už na stránkách téhle nanejvýš zajímavé knihy zjistíte sami.
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