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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.

Imprint Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, [2007]
©2007
Edition First edition.

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LOCATION Barcode Call Number OPACMSG NOTE STATUS
 RU Humanities & Education Popular Reading Books Level 3  14387852  153.4 TAV  Nearby on shelf  ---  AVAILABLE
Phys. Description x, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Content Type text
Media Type unmediated
Carrier Type volume
Bibliog. 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.
Self-deception.
Alt Author Aronson, Elliot.
ISBN 0151010986
9780151010981
LC call no. BF337.C63 T38 2007