I haere Festinger Boys 'High School i Brooklyn, a ka riro i tona BS tohu i roto i te hinengaro i te City College o New York i roto i 1939. haere ia ki te ako i raro i Kurt Lewin i te University o Iowa, i reira i riro Festinger tona PhD i roto i te tau 1940 me te i roto i te 1942 i roto i te mara o te whanonga o te tamaiti. Na tona ake whakaaetanga, kihai i hiahia ia i roto i te hinengaro pāpori, ka tae mai ia ki Iowa, a kihai i tango i te akoranga kotahi i roto i te hinengaro pāpori i roto i tona wa katoa i reira; hei utu, i hiahia ia i roto i te mahi o Lewin i mua i runga i ngā pūnaha, engari i arotahi Lewin i ki te hinengaro pāpori i te wa i whanau ia i roto i tona ora katoa. I te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i marenatia ia i roto i te 1943, ka haere tonu ia ki te whai i tona hiahia ki te mahi i runga i te mātauranga pāpori pāpori, me te whai i te tauira o te mātauranga pāpori i roto i te taiwhanga, i muri i te ako i
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