Leon Festinger
Background
- Born in
- Brooklyn
- Educated at
- University of IowaCity College of New YorkBoys High School
- Awards
- 🏆 APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Kurt Zadek Lewin
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Stanley Schachter📖 Elliot Aronson📖 Bertram Raven📖 Harold B. Gerard📖 Judson Ridgway Mills
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Timeline
1919
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Birth1989
Died
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