“Every day of our lives, we make judgmentsand we dont always do a very good job of it.Thinking 101is an invaluable resource to anyone who wants to think better. In remarkably clear language, and with engaging and often funny examples, Woo-kyoung Ahn uses cutting-edge research to explain the mistakes we often makeand how to avoid them.Gretchen Rubin, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Happiness ProjectandThe Four Tendencies

“Thinking 101is a must-reada smart and compellingly readable guide to cutting-edge research into how people think. Building from her popular Yale course, Professor Woo-kyoung Ahn shows how a better understanding of how our minds work can help us become smarter and wiserand even kinder.”Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto, Brooks and Suzanne Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University, and the author ofThe Sweet Spot

Psychologist Woo-kyoung Ahn devised a course at Yale called Thinking to help students examine the biases that cause so many problems in their daily lives. It quickly became one of the universitys most popular courses. Now, for the first time, Ahn presents key insights from her years of teaching and research in a book for everyone.

She shows how thinking problems stand behind a wide range of challenges, from common, self-inflicted daily aggravations to our most pressing societal issues and inequities. Throughout, Ahn draws on decades of research from other cognitive psychologists, as well as from her own groundbreaking studies. And she presents it all in a compellingly readable style that uses fun examples from pop culture, anecdotes from her own life, and illuminating stories from history and the headlines.

Thinking 101is a book that goes far beyond other books on thinking, showing how we can improve not just our own daily lives through better awareness of our biases but also the lives of everyone around us. It is, quite simply, required reading for everyone who wants to thinkand livebetter.