I'II Have What She's Having: Mapping Social behaviour

摘要

Ah, we all know where the title of this book comes from, and assuming this is perhaps a calculated ploy to give potential readers a certain frisson of embarrassed amusement as they recall Sally (Meg Ryan) and her faked orgasm as she sits opposite her male friend in a Lower East Side delicatessen. The somewhat elderly woman nearby who says to the waiter, following this performance, 'I'll have what she's having', caps the whole scene wonderfully. Use of it in the title is entirely appropriate as the authors of this book use it as a parable of social learning, which is their main topic: how learning shapes behaviour in every conceivable aspect, from individuals on outwards.