Tavris, Carol.

Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. - 1st ed. - Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007. - x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.

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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Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.

BF337.C63 / T38 2007

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