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When prophecy fails; a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world

In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior - the theory of cognitive dissonance - and two of his colleagues, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter, infiltrated a cult who believed the end of the world was only months away. How would these people feel when their prophecy remained unfulfilled? Would they admit the error of their prediction, or would they, as Festinger predicted, readjust their reality to make sense of the new circumstances? Not only is When Prophecy Fails of great historical importance as.

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  • "In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young experimental social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior - the theory of cognitive dissonance - and two of his colleagues, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schachter, infiltrated a cult who believed the end of the world was only months away. How would these people feel when their prophecy remained unfulfilled? Would they admit the error of their prediction, or would they, as Festinger predicted, readjust their reality to make sense of the new circumstances? Not only is When Prophecy Fails of great historical importance as."@en
  • ""Chronicles the experience of a UFO cult that believed the end of the world was at hand"--P. [4] of cover."
  • "We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some investment in his belief. We are familiar with the variety of ingenious defenses with which people protect their convictions, managing to keep them unscathed through the most devastating attacks. But man's resourcefulness goes beyond simply protecting a belief. Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has a commitment to this belief, that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it; finally, suppose that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before. Indeed, he may even show a new fervor about convincing and converting other people to his view. How and why does such a response to contradictory evidence come about? This is the question on which this book focuses. We hope that, by the end of the volume, we will have provided an adequate answer to the question, an answer documented by data."@en
  • "We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some investment in his belief. We are familiar with the variety of ingenious defenses with which people protect their convictions, managing to keep them unscathed through the most devastating attacks. But man's resourcefulness goes beyond simply protecting a belief. Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has a commitment to this belief, that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it; finally, suppose that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before. Indeed, he may even show a new fervor about convincing and converting other people to his view. How and why does such a response to contradictory evidence come about? This is the question on which this book focuses. We hope that, by the end of the volume, we will have provided an adequate answer to the question, an answer documented by data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)"
  • "We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some investment in his belief. We are familiar with the variety of ingenious defenses with which people protect their convictions, managing to keep them unscathed through the most devastating attacks. But man's resourcefulness goes beyond simply protecting a belief. Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has a commitment to this belief, that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it; finally, suppose that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before. Indeed, he may even show a new fervor about convincing and converting other people to his view. How and why does such a response to contradictory evidence come about? This is the question on which this book focuses. We hope that, by the end of the volume, we will have provided an adequate answer to the question, an answer documented by data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)."
  • "We have all experienced the futility of trying to change a strong conviction, especially if the convinced person has some investment in his belief. We are familiar with the variety of ingenious defenses with which people protect their convictions, managing to keep them unscathed through the most devastating attacks. But man's resourcefulness goes beyond simply protecting a belief. Suppose an individual believes something with his whole heart; suppose further that he has a commitment to this belief, that he has taken irrevocable actions because of it; finally, suppose that he is presented with evidence, unequivocal and undeniable evidence, that his belief is wrong: what will happen? The individual will frequently emerge, not only unshaken, but even more convinced of the truth of his beliefs than ever before. Indeed, he may even show a new fervor about convincing and converting other people to his view. How and why does such a response to contradictory evidence come about? This is the question on which this book focuses. We hope that, by the end of the volume, we will have provided an adequate answer to the question, an answer documented by data. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)."@en
  • "In 1954 Leon Festinger, a brilliant young social psychologist in the process of inventing a new theory of human behavior-the theory of cognitive dissonance-infiltrated a cult who believed the end of the world was only months away. How would these people feel when their prophecy remained unfulfilled? Would they admit the error of their prediction, or would they, as Festinger predicted, readjust their reality to make sense of the new circumstances? Not only is When Prophecy Fails of great historical importance, but it is also a surprisingly touching account of what happens to ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances."
  • "The study reported in this volume grew out of some theoretical work, one phase of which bore specifically on the behavior of individuals in social movements that made specific (and unfulfilled) prophecies. We had been forced to depend chiefly on historical records to judge the adequacy of our theoretical ideas until we by chance discovered the social movement that we report in this book. At the time we learned of it, the movement was in mid-career but the prophecy about which it was centered had not yet been disconfirmed."@en

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  • "When prophecy fails. A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"
  • "When prophecy fails; a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"@en
  • "When prophecy fails: a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"
  • "L'Echec d'une prophétie : psychologie sociale d'un groupe de fidèles qui prédisaient la fin du monde"
  • "When Prophecy Fails"
  • "When Prophecy Fails"@en
  • "L'Echec d'une prophétie psychologie sociale d'un groupe de fidèles qui prédisaient la fin du monde"
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychoanalytical study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"@en
  • "When prophecy fails : A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"
  • "When Prophecy fails. By L. Festinger, Henry W. Riecken and Stanley Schachter"@en
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the distruction of the world"
  • "When prophecy fails by leon festinger,henry W.Riecken and stanley schacter"
  • "Yogen ga hazureru toki : kono yo no hametsu o yochishita gendai no aru shūdan o kaimei suru"
  • "Yogen ga hazureru toki"@ja
  • "When prophecy fails"
  • "When prophecy fails"@en
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"@en
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern Group that predicted the destruction of the world"@en
  • "When Prophecy fails. [A report on how one modern group of believers reacted to the non-fulfilment of their prophecy]"@en
  • "予言がはずれるとき : この世の破滅を予知した現代のある集団を解明する"
  • "When prophecy fails : a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destination of the world"@en
  • "予言がはずれるとき : この世の破滅を予知した現代のある集団を解明する = When prophecy fails : an account of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"
  • "L'échec d'une prophétie : psychologie sociale d'un groupe de fidèles qui prédisaient la fin du monde"
  • "When prophecy fails a social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world"@en

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