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Author Tavris, Carol.

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

Publication Info. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  BF337.C63 T38 2007    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-276) and index.
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.
Subject Cognitive dissonance.
Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Self-deception.
Added Author Aronson, Elliot.
ISBN 0151010986
9780151010981