A review of

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)

Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson • Mariner Books • 2020

The review below was first published in the getAbstract Journal on Jun 3, 2021.
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You Do It, Too

by David Meyer

A compassionate, wise, fascinating and instructive take on how and why you – and everyone else, including the authors – work so hard to delude yourself about your mistakes.

Why, authors Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson ask, do people find it so difficult to admit they are wrong – even when the evidence of a mistake confronts them? In this fascinating study, Tavris and Aronson explore the reasons underlying peoples’ resistance to admitting faultand their desperation to justify their flawed actions or beliefs.

Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)

Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

You Do It, Too

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