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... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > group influence > Leon Festinger
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Leon Festinger  

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  • 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]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JSCH427P-J

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