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When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.

Leon Festinger

A MAN WITH A CONVICTION is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point.

Leon Festinger

Leon Festinger

Leon Festinger

Born: May 8, 1919

Died: February 11, 1989 (aged 69)

Bio: Leon Festinger was an American social psychologist, perhaps best known for cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory.

Known for:

A theory of cognitive dissonance (1957)
When Prophecy Fails (1956)
Social pressures in informal groups (1950)
Conflict, decision, and dissonance (1964)
The human legacy (1983)

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