Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist and author whose books interpret research in social science and psychology for general audiences, often through stories about human behavior.

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Social psychology: Social psychology studies how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior are influenced by other people and social situations. Its findings and experiments supply many of the studies Gladwell recounts.
The Tipping Point: Malcolm Gladwell’s 2000 book explains how small actions and social connections can contribute to epidemics of ideas and behavior. It introduced his account of social change through tipping points and influential connectors.
Replication crisis: The replication crisis is concern that many published scientific findings cannot be reproduced in later studies. It sharpens questions about presenting individual studies as dependable explanations.
Tina Brown: Tina Brown is a British journalist and editor who led The New Yorker from 1992 to 1998. She hired Gladwell as a staff writer at The New Yorker.
Narrative nonfiction: Narrative nonfiction presents factual subjects through scenes, characters, and story structure. Gladwell uses narrative techniques to make research-driven arguments accessible.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking: Malcolm Gladwell’s 2005 book examines rapid judgments and the conditions under which they succeed or fail. It applies psychological research to intuition and split-second decisions.
Peer review: Peer review is the evaluation of scholarly work by experts before or after publication. It contrasts popular synthesis with the scrutiny applied to research claims.
Steven Pinker: Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive scientist and author known for books on language, mind, and human nature. Pinker publicly criticized aspects of Gladwell’s treatment of scientific research.
Epidemiology: Epidemiology studies the distribution and causes of health-related conditions in populations. Epidemiological ideas shape his account of how social trends spread.
Outliers: The Story of Success: Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book explores how opportunity, practice, timing, and circumstance contribute to exceptional achievement. It presents his argument that success depends on more than individual talent.