Festinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Richard Festinger
Richard Festinger (born 1 March 1948) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist and educator.
Biography
Festinger was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He received his B.A. in music, magna cum laude, from San Francisco State Un ...
(born 1948), American composer
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Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger (8 May 1919 – 11 February 1989) was an American social psychologist who originated the theory of cognitive dissonance and social comparison theory. The rejection of the previously dominant behaviorist view of social psychol ...
(1919–1989), American social psychologist, responsible for the development of the theory of cognitive dissonance
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