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Festinger, Leon, 1919-1989

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Personal name headingFestinger, Leon, 1919-1989
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See alsoEmployer: University of Iowa
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Employer: University of Rochester
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Employer: University of Michigan
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Employer: University of Minnesota
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Employer: Stanford University
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Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Center for Group Dynamics
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Associated placeIowa City (Iowa) Rochester (N.Y.) Cambridge (Mass.) Ann Arbor (Mich.) Minneapolis (Minn.) Stanford (Calif.)
Birth date1919-05-08
Death date1989-02-11
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activitySocial psychology
AffiliationUniversity of Iowa University of Rochester University of Michigan University of Minnesota Stanford University Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Center for Group Dynamics
Profession or occupationAuthors College teachers
Found inHis Studies in decision ... 1943.
SSDI, viewed Oct. 21, 2006 (Leon Festinger; birth May 8, 1919; death Feb. 11, 1989)
WIkipedia, via WWW, January 20, 2022 (Leon Festinger; born in Brooklyn; American social psychologist; worked as a research associate at the University of Iowa, then as a statistician for the Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots at the University of Rochester during World War II; joined the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an assistant professor; worked at several universities, including the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, and Stanford University)
Associated languageeng