A Theory of Social Comparison Processes
- L. Festinger
- Psychology
- 1 May 1954
Hypothesis I: There exists, in the human organism, a drive to evaluate his opinions and his abilities. While opinions and abilities may, at first glance, seem to be quite different things, there is a…
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
- L. Festinger
- Psychology
- 1 June 1957
Cognitive dissonance theory links actions and attitudes. It holds that dissonance is experienced whenever one cognition that a person holds follows from the opposite of at least one other cognition…
Informal social communication.
- L. Festinger
- Psychology, MedicinePsychology Review
- 1 September 1950
Cognitive consequences of forced compliance.
- L. Festinger, J. Carlsmith
- PsychologyJournal of Abnormal Psychology
- 28 January 2011
The theory behind this experiment is that the person who is forced to improvise a speech convinces himself, and some evidence is presented, which is not altogether conclusive, in support of this explanation.
Conflict, Decision, and Dissonance
- L. Festinger
- Psychology
- 1 June 1964
Social pressures in informal groups : a study of human factors in housing / by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back
- L. Festinger
- Political Science, Sociology
- 1950
Cognitive dissonance.
- L. Festinger
- PsychologyScientific American
- 1962
Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
- B. Weiner, L. Festinger, E. Tolman
- Psychology
- 2003
Vygotsky's theory was an attempt to explain consciousness as the end product of socialization, and is complementary to the work of Bandura on social learning and a key component of situated learning theory.
Social pressures in informal groups
- L. Festinger, S. Schachter, K. Back
- Psychology
- 1950
When Prophecy Fails
- L. Festinger, H. Riecken, S. Schachter
- Psychology
- 1 December 1956
In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior - the theory of cognitive dissonance - and two of his colleagues,…
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