When Prophecy Fails

Festinger, L., Riecken, & Schachter, S. (1956). When Prophecy Fails: A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group That Predicted the Destruction of the World. University of Minnesota Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1956

Link

https://archive.org/details/pdfy-eDNpDzTy_dR1b0iB

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psychology

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Primes

• Cognitive Dissonance

  • This sourceCanonical belief-disconfirmation case: prophecy failure increases conviction and proselytizing. Bibliography-only; existence verified, link added.

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