Has anyone here read this book?

"Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts"

I found it fascinating; it talks about how we self-servingly distort data.

The author goes on to talk about students of cognitive dissonance. I was wondering if it's possible to specialise in cognitive dissonance, or is the area generally too large and prone to confounds or controversy?

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PrimateJ

"Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts"

I found it fascinating; it talks about how we self-servingly distort data.

The author goes on to talk about students of cognitive dissonance. I was wondering if it's possible to specialise in cognitive dissonance, or is the area generally too large and prone to confounds or controversy?

You could certainly do a PhD on the topic, although you would obviously have to be quite specific. For example, I have a collegue doing a PhD working on a neural network model of parallel constraint satisfaction processes which is based upon cognitive dissonance theory.

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You could certainly do a PhD on the topic, although you would obviously have to be quite specific. For example, I have a collegue doing a PhD working on a neural network model of parallel constraint satisfaction processes which is based upon cognitive dissonance theory.