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Leon Festinger

Leon Festinger

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
92775
World Ranking
3933
National Ranking
2198

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1959 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leon Festinger was affiliated with the New School in the United States. Over the course of their career, they contributed to the field of psychology, with a focus that led to recognition by several notable organizations.

Festinger received a range of awards and honors acknowledging their contributions. In 1951, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Later, in 1959, they were awarded the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association. In 1972, Festinger became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

The available records do not list specific research papers, coauthors, or publication venues associated with Festinger, nor detailed fields, subfields, or topics of study linked to their work. However, their recognition by these prominent organizations suggests involvement in impactful psychological research and scientific advancement during their career.

Best Publications

  • A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

    Leon Festinger

  • A Theory of Social Comparison Processes

    Leon Festinger

  • Cognitive Consequences of Forced Compliance

    Leon Festinger;James M. Carlsmith

  • Informal social communication.

    Leon Festinger

  • Social Pressures in Informal Groups: A Study of Human Factors in Housing

    Leon Festinger;Stanley Schachter;Kurt W. Back

  • Conflict, Decision, and Dissonance

    Leon Festinger

  • Level of aspiration

    K. Lewin;T. Dembo;L. Festinger;P. S. Sears

  • Social pressures in informal groups

    Leon Festinger;Stanley Schachter;Kurt Back

  • When Prophecy Fails

    Leon Festinger;Henry W. Riecken;Stanley Schachter

  • Some consequences of de-individuation in a group

    L Festinger;A Pepitone;T Newcomb

  • ON RESISTANCE TO PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATIONS.

    Leon Festinger;Nathan Maccoby

  • Research methods in the behavioral sciences

    Leon Festinger;Daniel Katz

  • When prophecy fails: A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world.

    Leon Festinger;Henry W. Riecken;Stanley Schachter

  • BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT FOR OPINION CHANGE

    Leon Festinger

  • Theorie der kognitiven Dissonanz

    Leon Festinger;Martin Irle;Volker Möntmann

  • Contemporary approaches to cognition

    Eleanor J. Gibson;J. S. Bruner;E. Brunswik;L. Festinger

  • Social pressures in informal groups : a study of human factors in housing / by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schachter and Kurt Back

    Leon Festinger

  • Interpersonal communication in small groups.

    Leon Festinger;John Thibaut

  • Retrospections on Social Psychology

    Leon Festinger

  • Contemporary Approaches to Cognition.@@@A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance.

    Jacqueline Goodnow;Jerome S. Bruner;Leon Festinger

  • Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences

    H. S. Booker;Leon Festinger;Daniel Katz

  • Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences.

    Daniel O. Price;Leon Festinger;Daniel Katz

Frequent Co-Authors

Stanley Schachter
Stanley Schachter Columbia University
Harold H. Kelley
Harold H. Kelley University of California, Los Angeles
Jerome S. Bruner
Jerome S. Bruner New York University
Michael S. Gazzaniga
Michael S. Gazzaniga University of California, Santa Barbara
James J. Gibson
James J. Gibson Cornell University
Harry F. Harlow
Harry F. Harlow University of Wisconsin–Madison
Eleanor J. Gibson
Eleanor J. Gibson Cornell University
Jacqueline J. Goodnow
Jacqueline J. Goodnow Macquarie University
Charles E. Osgood
Charles E. Osgood University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Irving L. Janis
Irving L. Janis Yale University

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