Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why and when are smart people stupid? / Ray Hyman -- Beliefs that make smart people dumb / Carol S. Dweck -- Smart people doing dumb things : the case of managerial incompetence / Richard K. Wagner -- The engine of folly / David N. Perkins -- When smart people behave stupidly : reconciling inconsistencies in social-emotional intelligence / Ozlem Ayduk, Walter Mischel -- Sex, lies, and audiotapes : the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal / Diane F. Halpern -- Rationality, intelligence, and levels of analysis in cognitive science : is dysrationalia possible? / Keith E. Stanovich -- Smart is as stupid does : exploring bases of erroneous reasoning of smart people regarding learning and other disabilities / Elena L. Grigorenko, Donna Lockery -- Personality dispositions / Elizabeth J. Austin, Ian J. Deary -- When "stupid" is smarter than we are : mindlessness and the attribution of stupidity / Mihnea Moldoveanu, Ellen Langer -- Smart people are not stupid, but they sure can be foolish : the imbalance theory of foolishness / Robert J. Sternberg.