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02067cam a2200373Ia 4500 001 7B687ED06BF411DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20230510010042 008 070523r20082007flu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0156033909 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780156033909 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)154746792 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d YDXCP $d ZHK $d NRM $d UPZ $d ABG $d OCLCQ $d UIW $d SILO 050 14 $a BF337.C63 $b T38 2008 082 04 $a 153 $2 22 100 1 $a Tavris, Carol. 245 1 $a Mistakes were made (but not by me) : $b why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts / $c Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson. 250 $a 1st Harvest ed. 260 $a Orlando, Fla. : $b Harcourt, $c 2008. 300 $a x, 292 p. ; $c 21 cm. 490 0 $a A Harvest book 500 $a Originally published: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-276) and index. 520 $a Two distinguished psychologists look at the role of self-justification in human life, explaining how and why we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility and restore our belief in our intelligence, moral rectitude, and correctness; assess the potential repercussions of such a course of action; and reveal how it can be overcome. 505 0 $a Knaves, fools, villains and hypocrites : how do they live with themselves? -- 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. 650 0 $a Cognitive dissonance. 650 0 $a Self-deception. 700 1 $a Aronson, Elliot. 941 $a 3 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909023502.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20120928011008.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20100120073657.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B687ED06BF411DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 01 $b UIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search