The Power of Us: Harnessing Our Shared Identities for Personal and Collective Success (International Edition) - Softcover

Bavel, Jay Van; Packer, Dominic J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472274180 ISBN 13: 9781472274182

Publisher: Wildfire, 2022

Synopsis

If you're like most people, you probably believe that your identity is stable. But in fact, your identity is constantly changing - often outside your conscious awareness and sometimes even against your wishes - to reflect the interests of the groups of which you're a part. And that fluid identity has a powerful influence over your feelings, beliefs, and behaviours.

In THE POWER OF US, psychologists Packer and Van Bavel integrate their own cutting-edge research in psychology, neuroscience and economics to explain what identity really is and show how to harness its dynamic nature to:

Increase our productivity - Improve physical and psychological health - Overcome our individual prejudice - Unlock our altruism - Break the political gridlock - Galvanize others to solve controversial global problems

Along the way, they explain such seemingly unrelated phenomenon as why men cry at football games but not funerals, why the history of slavery in U.S. counties is one of the best predictors of current day racism, and why Canada keeps a national reserve of maple syrup. Packed with fascinating insights, vivid case studies, and pioneering research, THE POWER OF US will change the way you understand yourself - and those around you - forever.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wildfire
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472274180
• ISBN 13: 9781472274182
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320