He wrote about the evolution of early humans in The Human Legacy. He argued that individuals possess a drive to evaluate themselves against other people in his pioneering article "A Theory of Social Comparison Processes." This man analyzed the results of disproven cataclysmic predictions in When Pro
He wrote about the evolution of early humans in The Human Legacy. He argued that individuals possess a drive to evaluate themselves against other people in his pioneering article "A Theory of Social Comparison Processes." This man analyzed the results of disproven cataclysmic predictions in When Prophecy Fails. This psychologist also collaborated on an experiment in which subjects performed boring tasks; in that experiment, the greatest changes in attitude were exhibited by subjects who had to reconcile conflicting cognitions. FTP, name this psychologist, who along with Carlsmith developed the theory of cognitive dissonance.
He wrote about the evolution of early humans in The Human Legacy.
Leon Festinger