The Quick Fix is his first book.
The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills, Hardcover - Jesse Singal But what if much of the science underlying these blockbuster ideas is dubious or fallacious? In both cases, a much-touted idea had little basis in reality, but had a massive impact. Turning toward the explosive popularity of 21st-century social psychology, Singal examines the misleading appeal of entertaining lab results and critiques the idea that subtle unconscious cues shape our behavior.He begins with the California legislator who introduced self-esteem into classrooms around the country in the 1980s and the Princeton political scientist who warned of an epidemic of youthful "superpredators" in the 1990s.