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Author:

Tavris, Carol.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cognitive dissonance.
Self-deception.
Fouten.
Vergissingen.
Rechtvaardiging

Other Authors:

Aronson, Elliot.

Notes:

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

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.

ISBN:

9780151010981
0151010986

LCCN:

2006026953

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

NUPD663 -- Osage Public Library (Osage)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)