When Prophecy Fails

When Prophecy Fails

by Leon Festinger

Social scientists test their hypotheses about prophetic-disconfirmation behavior by observing a group prophesying the end of the world.

1956 255 pages University of Minnesota Press 3 curators
Psychology
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