Festinger akapinda Boys 'High School muBrooklyn, uye akagamuchira BS yake dhigirii mune zvepfungwa kubva kuCity College yeNew York muna 1939. Akaenderera mberi nekudzidza pasi paKurt Lewin paYunivhesiti yeIowa, uko Festinger akagamuchira PhD yake muna 1940 uye PhD muna 1942 mumunda wekuzvibata kwevana. Nekuzvireurura kwake, Festinger aisafarira mune zvepfungwa dzevanhu paakasvika kuIowa, uye haana kutora kosi imwechete mune zvepfungwa dzevanhu munguva yake yese; panzvimbo pezvo, aifarira basa raLewin rekare pane masisitimu, asi Lewin's focus yakanga yachinjwa nehutano hwepfungwa uye akaramba akatendeka kune maonero aya hupenyu hwake hwese.
Trudy Bradley