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Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

  • FINISHED
  • Finished March 2016
  • First published 2007

psychology social psychology cognitive dissonance

Uses cognitive dissonance theory to explain why people justify bad decisions rather than admit error.   Examples range from wrongful convictions to failed marriages and political cover-ups.