Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: A mụrụ Festinger na Brooklyn New York na Mee 8, 1919 nye ndị Russia-Jewish kwabatara Alex Festinger na Sara Solomon Festinger. Nna ya, bụ́ onye na-arụpụta ihe a kpara akpa, "hapụrụ Russia dị ka onye na-enweghị mmasị n'okpukpe na onye na-ekweghị na Chineke, ọ nọgidekwara na-ekwere n'echiche ndị a ná ndụ ya nile". Festinger gụrụ akwụkwọ na Boys' High School na Brooklyn, wee nweta akara ugo mmụta BS na psychology na City College nke New York na 1939. Ọ gara n'ihu na-amụ ihe n'okpuru Kurt Lewin na Mahadum nke Iowa, ebe Festinger nwetara MA na 1940 na PhD na 1942 n'ọhịa nke omume ụmụaka. Site na nkwenye nke aka ya, ọ nweghị mmasị na akparamaagwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya mgbe ọ bịarutere na Iowa, ma ọ naraghị otu nkuzi na akparamaagwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya n'oge niile ọ nọrọ ebe ahụ; kama nke ahụ, ọ nwere mmasị na ọrụ mbụ Lewin na usoro nrụgide, mana Lewin lekwasịrị anya na akparamaagwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya site na mgbe Festinger rutere Iowa. Agbanyeghị, Festinger gara n'ihu na-achụso ọdịmma mbụ ya, na-amụ ọkwa nke ọchịchọ, na-arụ ọrụ na ọnụ ọgụgụ, na-emepe usoro ọnụọgụ nke ịme mkpebi, ọbụnakwa na-ebipụta nyocha ụlọ nyocha na oke. N'ịkọwa enweghị mmasị ya na akparamaagwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya n'oge ahụ, Festinger kwuru, "Usoro usoro nke ọmụmụ gbasara akparamaagwa mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya, na mgbagwoju anya nke mmekọrịta nke data na echiche na echiche Lewinian, ihe niile yiri ka ọ na-adọrọ m mma na ntorobịa m na-eto eto maka mgbagwoju anya. "Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, Festinger rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-eme nchọpụta na Iowa site na 1941 ruo 1943, wee bụrụ onye ọnụ ọgụgụ maka Kọmitii Nhọrọ na Ọzụzụ nke Ndị Ọkwọ ụgbọ elu na Mahadum Rochester site na 1943 ruo 1945 n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ. Na 1943, Festinger lụrụ Mary Oliver Ballou, onye na-akụ piano, onye ya na ya nwere ụmụ atọ, Catherine, Richard, na Kurt. Festinger na Ballou mechara gbaa alụkwaghịm, Festinger lụrụ Trudy Bradley, onye bụzi prọfesọ ọrụ mmekọrịta mmadụ na New York University, na 1968.  Ajụjụ: Ebee ka a mụrụ Festinger?
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