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A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

by Leon Festinger

The book in which Festinger set out the general theory of cognitive dissonance, the discomfort produced by holding inconsistent beliefs and the strategies people use to reduce it. It became one of the foundational works of modern social psychology.

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