Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Third Edition
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Third Edition
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Narrateur(s):
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Carol Tavris
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Elliot Aronson
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Auteur(s):
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Carol Tavris
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Elliot Aronson
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Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell?
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.
Backed by years of research and delivered in lively, energetic prose, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-deception - how it works, the harm it can cause, and how we can overcome it.
©2020 Carol Tavris (P)2020 Houghton Mifflin HarcourtI liked the analogy of “falling off the pyramid” to describe what happens to human reasoning, when descending into a frame of mind that more often than not doesn’t recognise this state of dissonance “a blind spot” and certainly cannot comprehend. Before reading the book, I always thought that “having a conscience” covered most of the bases of dissonance, but there again I’m no trained psychologist!
I was more than amused by the last hour or more the book, on their assessment of Trump. I listened carefully and couldn’t help thinking that both the authors were descending their own pyramid into their own dissonance their blind spot being ignored, the absolute fact that under the American electoral system, Trump was a democratically elected President. Dissonance is a two way street and I would personally have liked the authors to have been a little less partisan and more circumspect discussing other examples of dissonance, in their conclusion? I believe it’s what psychologists call “projection”, which means projecting onto others precisely the characteristics you yourself display but refuse to acknowledge. But that is a minor criticism of the book, which was a good read.
A Good Read
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Amazzzzing!!!
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ok if not for the last chapter
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