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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.
Edition 1st ed.
Publication Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.

Location Call Number Volume/Copy Note Status
 Davis Library  BF337.C63 T38 2007    AVAILABLE


Description x, 292 pages ; 23 cm
Edition 1st ed.
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.
WorldCat no. 71005837
ISBN 0151010986
9780151010981
Description x, 292 pages ; 23 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.
LC subject Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Other author Aronson, Elliot.
ISBN 0151010986
9780151010981
WorldCat no. 71005837
System control no. (OCoLC)71005837