It’s a legitimate question, but don’t expect a reasonable answer. According to professor and author Dan Ariely, we are Predictably Irrational. Ariely calls himself a behavioral economist, but he writes as though he is speaking to you from across the dinner table. He explains studies of human behavior that are engaging and will leave you wondering: how did the human race come this far?
Teachers, especially teachers of teenagers, will find the people they deal with every day in the pages of this book. And maybe, after contemplation, we’ll understand them better.
See http://danariely.com/ or watch this TED Talk, http://youtu.be/JhjUJTw2i1M
