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Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0151010986
  • 9780151010981
  • 9780156033909
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153 22
LOC classification:
  • BF337.C63 T38 2007
Contents:
Cognitive dissonance: the engine of self-justification -- Pride and prejudice-- and other blind spots -- Memory, the self-justifying historian -- Good intentions, bad science: the closed loop of clinical judgment -- Law and disorder -- Love's assassin: self-justification in marriage -- Wounds, rifts, and wars -- Letting go and owning up.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index.

Cognitive dissonance: the engine of self-justification -- Pride and prejudice-- and other blind spots -- Memory, the self-justifying historian -- Good intentions, bad science: the closed loop of clinical judgment -- Law and disorder -- Love's assassin: self-justification in marriage -- Wounds, rifts, and wars -- Letting go and owning up.

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