Mistakes were made (but not by me): why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts

"Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibilit...

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1. Verfasser: Tavris, Carol (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boston Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2020]
Ausgabe:Revised edition
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Zusammenfassung:"Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right-a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Auf dem Umschlag: "Updated, with a new chapter: Dissonance, democracy and the demagogue"
Beschreibung:x, 450 Seiten 21 cm
ISBN:9780358329619

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