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Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0151010986
  • 9780151010981
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153 22
LOC classification:
  • BF337.C63 T38 2007
Online resources:
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.
Item type: Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Delbert W. Baker Special Leadership Collection DWB Special Leadership Collection BF 337 .C63 T38 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA018821 Available AUA018821

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index.

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.