Bibliograph

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

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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mistakes were made (but not by me)

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71005837

Responsibility statement

Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Sub title

why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts

Table Of 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

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Contributor