Index by discipline for Tavris and Aaronson’s Mistakes Were Made American Government, Political Science, and History Abramoff, Jack, 45 Bush, George W. Iraq War, 2-3, 235 Cheney, Dick, 40 Clinton, Bill, adultery, 5 Dean, John; Nixon, Watergate, 6-7 DeLay, Tom; congressman, 45 Gingrich, Newt, adultery 5 Haldeman, Bob; Watergate, Nixon Administration, 34-35 Johnson, Lyndon; Vietnam War, 3, 7 Iranian hostage crisis, 187-188, 190-191 Kissinger, Henry; Nixon Administration, 1, 3 Liddy, G. Gordon; Watergate, Nixon Administration, 35 Magruder, Jeb Stuart; Watergate, Nixon Administration, 34-36 Mitchell, John; Watergate, Nixon Administration, 35 Party bias, 43 Scalia, Antonin; Supreme Court Justice, 40 Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,, 187-188 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 209-212 Criminal Justice and Law False confessions, 127-157 Wrongful convictions, 127-157 Ethics/Bioethics Adultery: Clinton, Bill, 5; Gingrich, Newt, 5 Biotechnological research, 47-51 Cheating, 32-33 Euthanasia, Schiavo, Terri, 186-187, 190 False confessions, 127-157 Industrial solvents and brain damage, 41 The virtuous circle of benevolence and compassion, 28-29 Marino, Gordon, 5 Pharmacological testing, 45-51 Reciprocity, 51-55 Torture, abuse, 197-208 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 209-212 Wrongful convictions, 127-157 Psychology, Sociology, and Anthropology Alien abduction stories, 88-96 Catharsis theory false, 25-27 Confirmation bias, 18-20, 174 Dissonance theory’s challenge to behaviorism, 14-15 Festinger, Leon; theory of cognitive dissonance, 12-13 Marriage, contempt, 171-172 Marriage, self-justification, 158-184 Memory as self-justifying, confabulation, source confusion, false memories, 68-96 Milgram, Stanley, 36-37 Naïve realism, 42 Parent blaming, 76 Prejudice, stereotyping, ethnocentrism, 41, 55-67 Recovered memory syndrome, repressed memory, false memories, necessity of a control group, 97-126 Tooth extraction among the Dinka and Nuer tribes of the Sudan, 7-8, 23-24 Self-justification of low self-esteem, 31-32 Religious Studies Catholic church, sexual abuse of children, 1 Haggard, Ted; evangelist, adultery, homosexuality, 5 Keech, Marian; doomsday predictions, 11-13, 30 Science and Medicine Necessity of a controlled experiment, 15-17 Semmelweiss, Ignac; medical need for antiseptic hand washing, 8 Pharmacological testing, 45-51 Recovered memory syndrome, repressed memory, false memories, 97-108 Audio and Video resources online for Mistakes Were Made: Linda Ross http://www.illinoisfms.org/AmerLife.html http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/215/ask-an-expert You can also listen to it at www.thislife.org click on “Episodes”, “2002”, and the pertinent “ra” icon on the left of "6/14" .) http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/215/ask-an-expert http://www.innocenceproject.org/ Online Videos: The Scientist and the Humanist: A Conversation with Elliot Aronson Carol Tavris and Joshua Aronson discuss behavioral psychology with renowned psychologist Elliot Aronson. (prejudice, evidence-based research, the jig-saw classroom, writing) http://vimeo.com/5016064 Carol Anne Tavris: Cognitive Dissonance (6 parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTKiN69hFk&index=6&list=PL50906FAC D84024BF Carol Anne Tavris: Dissent and Dissonance: The Science and Art of Argument http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSYF4hzCHKA Carol Anne Tavris: Podcast Interview with Transcript http://ec.libsyn.com/p/2/3/6/236c3b6534b654a9/43-Books- Tavris.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d06c8843fd1ce 5ae97a&c_id=3802468 .