Mistakes We Made

‘Mistakes we made’ is one of the best books ever written on psychology. The book was written by two famous psychologist by the names Carol and Elliot. Imagine if one of the prominent leader like a politician or a religious leader announces to the whole world that the world is ending on a certain day. All the people who receive the message especially the true followers of the reader take the message with a lot of seriousness where they consumes all their possession and they sell all their properties because the world is ending. After a curious wait of the end of the world, the day comes and the world remains the same. The main focus is the feeling of the leader having in mind that many innocent people would suffer out of poverty and depression. The justification of the leader after the incident is the overall meaning of the book. The book tries to show how people can justify their wrong doings in order to eliminate guilt within them. Below is an apparent description of the synopsis of the book.

The synopsis will be tackled according to chapters where opinion of the book in every chapter will be addressed in details and finally the paper will discuss the general idea of the book. The first chapter covers the issue of cognitive dissonance. This is the self-justification of human beings after they perform a mistake or when they undergo a hard test. Cognitive dissonance is general to all people and it is something that is in born according to the author(s) of the book. The book offers an example with a test that was conducted to a group of students where they were given a difficult test by their coordinator. After the test, all the students were required to give their opinions about the test where those who found the test difficult gave a positive opinion on the test. The illustration was projected to show that people justify themselves in any negative side and this is the best way to understand justification in psychology. The book further elaborates its opinion by