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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): Material type: TextTextSeries: A Harvest book | Harvest bookPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: x, 292 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780156033909 (pbk.) :
  • 0156033909 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153 22
LOC classification:
  • BF337.C63 T38 2008
Contents:
Knaves, fools, villains and hypocrites : how do they live with themselves? -- 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.
Summary: Two distinguished psychologists look at the role of self-justification in human life, explaining how and why we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility and restore our belief in our intelligence, moral rectitude, and correctness; assess the potential repercussions of such a course of action; and reveal how it can be overcome.
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Book Book Richfield Campus Library Richfield Campus - Main Book Collection 153 T1991m 1 Available 34230000101678
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Originally published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.

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

Two distinguished psychologists look at the role of self-justification in human life, explaining how and why we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility and restore our belief in our intelligence, moral rectitude, and correctness; assess the potential repercussions of such a course of action; and reveal how it can be overcome.

Knaves, fools, villains and hypocrites : how do they live with themselves? -- 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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