When Prophecy Fails
Book by Henry Riecken, Leon Festinger, and Stanley Schachter
Originally published: January 1, 1956
Authors: Henry Riecken, Stanley Schachter, and Leon Festinger
ISBN: 0-06-131132-4
Pages: 253
When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World is a classic work of social psychology ...
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The main premise of the study is that a disconfirmation of a prophecy will have results differing upon whether it's experienced in isolation or among fellow ...
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When Prophecy Fails is a classic text in social psychology authored by L. Festinger, H. Riecken and S. Schachter. It chronicles the experience of a UFO cult ...
Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point. We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person ...
We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some investment in his belief.
May 27, 2021 · What happens when you predict the apocalypse... and nothing happens? Leon Festinger examined this phenomenon and it might even have ...
In the classic study When Prophecy Fails, Leon Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter offer us an account of one very small occult group, dubbed the ...
In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior - the theory of ...
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