Author

Books by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson

Carol Tavris is a social psychologist and writer whose work focuses on cognitive bias, emotional life, and scientific skepticism. She is the author of Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion and has written widely on women's health, therapy, and the misuse of psychological research. Elliot Aronson is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and one of the most cited social psychologists in history. He developed dissonance theory applications with Leon Festinger and has written The Social Animal, a widely used introduction to social psychology. Their collaboration on this book combines Tavris's journalism and Aronson's experimental background.