Everyday Mind Reading: Understanding What Other People Think and Feel

Product Descriptionare Women Really Better Than Men At Reading Other PeopleS Minds? Are LongerMarried Couples Better Than Newlyweds At Anticipating Their Partners Thoughts And Feelings? Do We All Possess A Dormant Sixth Sense That, If Fully Utilized, Could Allow Us To Intuit With Great Accuracy What Other People Are Thinking? Internationally Recognized Psychologist William Ickes Answers These And Many Other Questions In This Fascinating Examination Of The MindS Potential For Everyday Mind Reading.After Developing An Innovative VideoBased Procedure For Measuring The Accuracy Of PeopleS Empathic Inferences, Ickes And His Colleagues Used This Procedure To Study Different Aspects Of Everyday Mind Reading In Research Conducted Over The Past 15 Years. Among The Issues They Have Explored Are The Validity Of The Belief In WomenS Intuition, How Long It Takes Strangers To Get To Know Each Other, Why Friendships Promote Mutual Understanding, Why Twins Tend To Have Similar Thoughts And Feelings, How PeopleS Frames Of Reference Can Both Help And Hinder Their Communication, And The Neurological Basis For Our Ability To Empathize With Others.Ickes Also Extends His Inquiry To Broader Social Questions. For Example, Are There Ways Of Detecting When Someone Has A Hidden Agenda? Are There Circumstances In Which Accurately Reading An Intimate PartnerS Thoughts And Feelings Actually Harms, Rather Than Helps, The Relationship? How Can The Results Of The Research On Everyday Mind Reading Be Applied To Improve Parenting Skills, The Effectiveness Of Counseling, Even Sales And Marketing? Finally, What Does The Scientific Evidence Say About The Widely Debated Notion Of Esp?Review...A Readable Analysis Of How People Empathize With The Thoughts And Feelings Of Others...Recommended. Choice: Current Review For Academic Libraries, April 2004...Students Considering Social Psychology As A Career Could Put It On Their Must Read List... Science Books & Films, April 2004How, When, Why And To What Extent We Are Able To Infer The Content Of Other PeopleS Thoughts And Feelings. Sirreadalot.Org, Nobember 26, 2003From The Inside Flapare Women Really Better Than Men At Reading Other PeopleS Minds? Do We All Possess A Dormant Sixth Sense That, If Fully Utilized, Could Allow Us To Intuit With Great Accuracy What Other People Are Thinking? In Everyday Mind Reading, Internationally Recognized Psychologist William Ickes Answers These And Many Other Questions, As He Examines The MindS Potential For Reading Other Minds.After Developing An Innovative VideoBased Procedure For Measuring The Accuracy Of PeopleS Empathic Inferences, Ickes And His Colleagues Spent The Next Fifteen Years Using This Procedure To Study Different Aspects Of Everyday Mind Reading. Among The Many Issues They Have Explored Are The Validity Of The Belief In WomenS Intuition, Why Twins Tend To Have Similar Thoughts And Feelings, How PeopleS Frames Of Reference Can Both Help And Hinder Their Communication, And The Neurological Basis For Our Ability To Empathize With Others. Ickes Also Extends His Inquiry To Broader Social Questions. For Example, Are There Ways Of Detecting When Someone Has A Hidden Agenda? Are There Circumstances In Which Accurately Reading An Intimate PartnerS Thoughts And Feelings Actually Harms, Rather Than Helps, The Relationship? How Can The Results Of The Research On Everyday Mind Reading Be Applied To Improve Parenting Skills, The Effectiveness Of Counseling, Or Even Sales And Marketing? This Engaging Narrative Will Appeal To Anyone Who Would Like To Know How, When, Why, And To What Extent We Are Able To Infer The Specific Content Of Other PeopleS Thoughts And Feelings.About The Authorwilliam Ickes, Ph.D., Is Professor Of Psychology At The University Of Texas At Arlington. He Is The Author Or CoAuthor Of Over 100 Articles, Books, And Book Chapters. His Research On Everyday Mind Reading Has Been Recognized B