BOOK - Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why we Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Actsby Carol Tavris, Ph.D., Elliot Aronson, Ph.D..
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Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
By: Carol Tavris, Ph.D. and Elliot Aronson, Ph.D.
Paperback: 378 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2007, 2015) Formats: Paperback, Kindle, Audio CE hours: 9
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Book Description (From the Publisher): 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 that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception—how it works, the harm it can cause, and how we can overcome it.
Example Book Reviews “Entertaining, illuminating and—when you recognize yourself in the stories it tells—mortifying.” —Wall Street Journal
About the Authors
Carol Tavris is a social psychologist, writer, and lecturer whose goal is to promote psychological science and critical thinking in improving our lives. She is coauthor of Mistakes Were Made (but not by me): Why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts and Estrogen Matters. Her other major books include, Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion. She is also author of the award-winning book, The Mismeasure of Woman, and coauthor of two widely used textbooks for introductory psychology. She has written hundreds of essays and book reviews on topics in psychological science and is a highly regarded lecturer who has spoken to groups around the world. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities.
Elliot Aronson is a social psychologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California at Santa Cruz and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Stanford University. He has previously taught at Harvard, the University of Texas and the University of Minnesota. As a researcher, he is best known for his groundbreaking research on social influence and persuasion as well as for the invention of the jigsaw classroom (a strategy for reducing prejudice in public schools). He has authored or co-authored 22 books including The Social Animal, Age of Propaganda, and Nobody Left to Hate.
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