Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Name: Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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ISBN: 9780151010981

ISBN-10: 0151010986

ISBN-13: 9780151010981

Edition: 2007

Authors: Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson

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Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell? Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a belief that often keeps us on a course…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 5/7/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction: 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


Afterword


Endnotes


Index