Collective Cognitive Dissonance: Difference between revisions
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The term was defined in 1957 by the American social psychologist Leon Festinger. His theory was confirmed since then in many experiments and empirically substantiated. | |||
=== Development of Dissonance === | === Development of Dissonance === | ||
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