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Leon Festinger
Definition
- Leon Festinger is known for his contributions to the study of group behavior, self-evaluation, and attitude change. Many scholars consider Festinger to be the person most responsible for moving the experimental study of social processes to the center stage of social psychology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations; Festinger, Leon (1919–1989)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Leon_Festinger
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