Elliot Aronson Quotes

• Human beings aren't rational animals; we're rationalizing animals who want to appear reasonable to ourselves.

  Elliot Aronson

  Clever, Animal, Want

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• Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.

  Elliot Aronson

  Self Esteem, Lows, Self Justification

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• We need to challenge our own thinking.

  Elliot Aronson

  Thinking, Challenges, Needs

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• It is possible to achieve mastery of a problem or a skill without hurting another person or even without attempting to conquer.

  Elliot Aronson

  Hurt, Reality, Skills

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• The American mind in particular has been trained to equate success with victory, to equate doing well with beating someone.

  Elliot Aronson

  Mind, Victory, Wells

  Elliot Aronson (2011). “CourseSmart International E-Book for The Social Animal”, p.257, Palgrave Macmillan

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