Mistakes Were Made

出版者:Mariner Books

作者:Carol Tavris

页数:304

出版时间:2008-3

价格:USD 15.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780156033909

具体描述

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they make mistakes? 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.

作者简介

"卡罗尔•塔夫里斯（Carol Tavris），社会心理学家、演说家和作家。她还为《洛杉矶时报》、《纽约时报》、《科学美国人》和其他一些出版物撰写心理学专栏文章。

艾略特•阿伦森（Elliot Aronson），当今世界上最杰出的社会心理学家之一，全球销量突破千万册的《社会性动物》作者。他被同时代的人推选为“20世纪最有影响力的100位心理学家之一”，也是唯一一位获得过由美国心理学会颁发的写作、教学和研究3个最高奖项的心理学家。

用户评价

感觉上对于cognitive dissonance理论的应用有些引申过度，不过作者Carol Tavris是American Psychological Association的fellow，还是很靠谱的。她老公第二作者Elliot Aronson就名气更大了。

Sharp point of view criticizing the fact that 'everyone is for himself' and 'everyone is protecting himself'.Life is composed by pride and prejudice..for conserving pride, people lie to themselves to make them feeling better,and no one is devoid of prejudice of the world which helps them justifying their action.

摘录：All of us have hard decisions to make at times in our lives; not all of them will be right ... and wise. Some are complicated, with consequences we could never have foreseen. If we can resist the temptation to justify our actions in a rigid, overconfident way, we can leave the door open to empathy and an appreciation of life's complexity...

goodness.. 原来是elliot写的，怪不得……

内容值得一看，但是故事叙述和观点联系太繁冗了。另外我觉得它的理论虽然有足够的支撑，可是态度有点消极，基本上在说我们的大脑在尽其所能让我们做个混蛋，但是justifying dissonance还是有很重要的生理意义的。