Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts /
Tavris, Carol.
Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. - x, 450 pages ; 21 cm
Revised edition of the authors' Mistakes were made (but not by me), 2015. "Updated, with a new chapter: 'Dissonance, democracy, and the demagogue'"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 that is dumb, immoral, and wrong"--Provided by publisher.
0358329612 9780358329619 9780151010981 0151010986 9780156033909 0156033909 9780544574786 0544574788
2020001264
Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. - x, 450 pages ; 21 cm
Revised edition of the authors' Mistakes were made (but not by me), 2015. "Updated, with a new chapter: 'Dissonance, democracy, and the demagogue'"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 that is dumb, immoral, and wrong"--Provided by publisher.
0358329612 9780358329619 9780151010981 0151010986 9780156033909 0156033909 9780544574786 0544574788
2020001264
Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.