Mistakes Were Made: (But Not By Me)

9 CE Hours
366 members have taken this course

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About the Course

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?

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.
The fundamental processes of self-deception and self-justification can influence the ethical decision-making of clinicians. This book facilitates self-awareness and provides clinicians with tools that can minimize self-deception, self-justification, and the potential effects in psychotherapy.

This course is based on the book, Mistakes Were Made: (But Not By Me) created by Tavris, Carol et al

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2008 Reprint Edition

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Tavris, Carol
Carol Tavris is a social psychologist and author of Anger and the Mismeasure of Woman. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Scientific American, and many other publications. She lives in Los Angeles.
Aronson, Elliot
Elliot Aronson is a social psychologist and author of The Social Animal. The recipient of many awards for teaching, scientific research, writing, and contributions to society, he is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about self-deception, from how it works in the brain to ways we can learn to overcome it. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define the concepts of self-deception and self-justification, and explain their potential consequences.
  2. 2 Describe how cognitive dissonance, blind spots, and self-justification work to help us justify our actions.
  3. 3 Distinguish between what the authors consider to be good versus bad science, and how they impact clinical practices.
  4. 4 Identify how self-deception and self-justification affect legal issues and marital relations.
  5. 5 Cite examples of how to overcome self-justifying behaviors, and how to apply this to ethical decision-making in the psychotherapy process.

Disclosure to Learners

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Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

9 CE Hours
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Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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