Tavris, Carol,
Mistakes were made (but not by me) third edition : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson. - x, 450 p. ; 23 cm
Revised edition of the authors' Mistakes were made (but not by me), [2015]
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"--
9780358329619 9780151010981 9780156033909 9780544574786
2020001264
Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Thought and thinking
153 , A2/2 20
Mistakes were made (but not by me) third edition : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson. - x, 450 p. ; 23 cm
Revised edition of the authors' Mistakes were made (but not by me), [2015]
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"--
9780358329619 9780151010981 9780156033909 9780544574786
2020001264
Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Thought and thinking
153 , A2/2 20