Mistakes were made (but not by me) : why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 292 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0151010986
- 9780151010981
- 153 22
- BF337.C63 T38 2007
Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.