| Description |
x, 292 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
A Harvest book |
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Harvest book.
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| Note |
Originally published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Cognitive dissonance.
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Self-deception.
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| Added Author |
Aronson, Elliot.
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| ISBN |
9780156033909 (pbk.) : $15.00 |
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9780151010981 |
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0156033909 (pbk.) |
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0151010986 |
| OCLC # |
154746792 |
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