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"A landmark work of social psychology" (Booklist) now in paperback at a popular price. " . . . Harvard psychology professor Langer seeks to dramatize the rigid conditions and mindsets that often produce a pervasive state of automatized stupidity . . . (and) proposes a life-enhancing... read more

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One day, at a nursing home in Connecticut, elderly residents were each given a choice of houseplants to care for and were asked to make a number of small decisions about their daily routines.

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  1. Ellen J. Langer (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Publication Date: 1990
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Page Count: 256

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