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Mistakes were made (but not by me): why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts
Mistakes were made (but not by me): why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts
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Tavris, Carol
Publisher
Harcourt
Publication Date
c2007
Language
English
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North Side Library - Nonfiction - Adult
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From the Book - 1st ed.
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.
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Cognitive dissonance
Self-deception
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Contributors
Aronson, Elliot
ISBN
9780151010981
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