Elliot aronson and carol tavris biography

2007 non-fiction book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) is a 2007 non-fiction book by social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson.

Elliot Aronson (born January 9, ) is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance and invented the Jigsaw.

Elliot Aronson (born January 9, ) is an American psychologist who has carried out experiments on the theory of cognitive dissonance and invented the Jigsaw.

Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson are distinguished psychologists and co-authors of Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me), the definitive book on self-justification.

Carol Anne Tavris (born September 17, ) is an American social psychologist and feminist.

Elliott Aronson, born in , is a renowned social psychologist known for his groundbreaking work on cognitive dissonance and applying psychology to social.

Elliot Aronson, Ph.D., is best known for his research on cognitive dissonance and the jigsaw classroom.

It deals with cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and other cognitive biases, using these psychological theories to illustrate how the perpetrators (and victims) of hurtful acts justify and rationalize their behavior. It describes a positive feedback loop of action and self-deception by which slight differences between people's attitudes become polarized.

Topics and people mentioned

• The doomsday cult described in When Prophecy Fails
• The MMR vaccine controversy and Andrew Wakefield
• Conflict escalation in marriage and intergroup relations
• Day care sex abuse hysteria, alien abduction memories, and false memory syndrome
• Statements by Al Campanis and Mel Gibson justifying racism
• Confabulation of autobiographical memory
• False certainty in pseudoscience
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