Birthdate: May 8, 1919
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 11, 1989
Leon Festinger, an influential American social psychologist, made significant contributions to the field through his work on cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. He challenged the behaviorist perspective in social psychology by highlighting the limitations of stimulus-response conditioning. Festinger was known for his use of laboratory experimentation and his advocacy for studying real-life situations. His research interests spanned various fields, including psychology, visual perception, archaeology, history, and human evolutionary sciences. Festinger gained recognition for his study of group dynamics by infiltrating a doomsday cult. His contributions solidified his position as one of the most cited psychologists of the 20th century.
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