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Awkward : the science of why we're socially awkward and why that's awesome / Ty Tashiro.
Interweaving the latest research with personal tales and real world examples, this offers reassurance and provides valuable insights into how listeners can embrace their personal quirks and unique talents to harness their awesome potential, and more comfortably navigate their complex world.
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- ISBN: 9780062429155
- ISBN: 0062429159
- Physical Description: xx, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-250) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | So this is awkward. What does it mean to be awkward? ; Is there anything wrong with being awkward? ; Looking for some sweet skills ; Emotions make me feel funny ; Unlocking the minds of likable people -- This is getting awkward: how modern societal shifts are making everyone feel more awkward. Nurturing awkward children ; The awkwardness of making friends ; Dating and sex are so awkward -- How the awkward become awesome. Practically prodigious ; Groundbreaking innovation. |
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| Subject: | Social interaction. Social skills. Interpersonal relations. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston County Library - Main Library | 302.3 TASHIRO (Text) | 2601817836 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
Awkward : The Science of Why We're Socially Awkward and Why That's Awesome
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface | p. xi | |
| Part I | So This Is Awkward | |
| 1 | What Does It Mean to be Awkward? | p. 3 |
| Our Fundamental Need to Belong | p. 8 | |
| We All Have Awkward Moments | p. 13 | |
| Squares, Geeks, and Nerds | p. 17 | |
| Seeing the World Through Awkward Eyes | p. 19 | |
| 2 | Is There Anything Wrong with Being Awkward? | p. 25 |
| Strange and Intense | p. 30 | |
| Is Awkwardness on the Spectrum? | p. 32 | |
| Extroverted, Confident, and Totally Awkward | p. 39 | |
| Dreaming of Social Fluency | p. 42 | |
| 3 | Looking for Some Sweet Skills | p. 46 |
| This Is Your Brain on Awkwardness | p. 49 | |
| Get a Cue | p. 52 | |
| Can You Really "See It In Their Eye5"? | p. 54 | |
| How Did My Foot Get In My Mouth? | p. 57 | |
| When Minds Meander | p. 62 | |
| 4 | Emotions Make Me Feel Funny | p. 66 |
| Can We Just Skip the Emotional Parts? | p. 70 | |
| An Intense World of Emotions | p. 72 | |
| The Function of Feeling Awkward | p. 76 | |
| Broadening a Narrow Focus | p. 80 | |
| Why are you Making That Face? | p. 85 | |
| 5 | Unlocking the Minds of Likable People | p. 88 |
| Theory of an Awkward Mind | p. 91 | |
| A Theory of Being Likable | p. 94 | |
| The Surprising Social Skill of Bullies | p. 99 | |
| The Devil is in the Details | p. 102 | |
| The Value of Social Equity | p. 105 | |
| Part II | This is Getting Awkward | |
| How Modern Societal Shifts are Making Everyone Feel More Awkward | ||
| 6 | Nurturing Awkward Children | p. 113 |
| The Nature of Awkward Families | p. 117 | |
| Awkward Impulses Versus Social Expectations | p. 122 | |
| The Pleasure in Being Awkward | p. 125 | |
| A Supercharged Superego | p. 128 | |
| Helping Awkward Kids Build Social Fundamentals | p. 133 | |
| Bake a Second Batch | p. 137 | |
| 7 | The Awkwardness of Making Friends | p. 142 |
| How Many Friends Are Enough? | p. 144 | |
| The Demise of Social Institutions | p. 149 | |
| Never Mind My P's and O's | p. 155 | |
| Making Friends While Awkward | p. 157 | |
| Trickle-Down Social Economics | p. 164 | |
| 8 | Dating And Sex are So Awkward | p. 166 |
| What Happened to the "Romantic" in Romantic Relationships? | p. 168 | |
| Gerrymandering the Friend Zone | p. 170 | |
| Online Dating Can be an Awkwardness Incubator | p. 173 | |
| Sex is Super-Awkward | p. 177 | |
| Intimately Awkward | p. 182 | |
| The Awkward Path to Happily Ever After | p. 187 | |
| Part III | How the Awkward Become Awesome | |
| 9 | Practically Prodigious | p. 193 |
| When Awkwardness is Adaptive | p. 194 | |
| Giftedness is Singular. Not Plural | p. 197 | |
| A Restless Mind | p. 201 | |
| The Relationship between Giftedness and Awkwardness | p. 204 | |
| Being True to Yourself and Fitting In | p. 213 | |
| 10 | Groundbreaking Innovation | p. 217 |
| The Future Perfect | p. 219 | |
| The Comfort of Expertise | p. 220 | |
| Winning the Innovation Lottery | p. 222 | |
| Imperfect Brilliance | p. 228 | |
| Afterword | p. 233 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 239 | |
| Bibliography | p. 241 | |
| Index | p. 251 |
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