Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Festinger akaberekerwa muBrooklyn New York musi waMay 8, 1919 kuvaRussia-vaJudha vakabva kune dzimwe nyika Alex Festinger naSara Solomon Festinger. Baba vake, mugadziri wezvinhu zvakarukwa, vakanga "vasiya Russia somunhu anopandukira uye asingatendi kuvapo kwaMwari uye vakaramba vakatendeka kumirangariro iyi muupenyu hwake hwose". Festinger akapinda Boys 'High School muBrooklyn, uye akagamuchira BS degree rake mune zvepfungwa kubva kuCity College yeNew York muna 1939. Akaenderera mberi nekudzidza pasi paKurt Lewin paYunivhesiti yeIowa, uko Festinger akagamuchira MA yake muna 1940 uye PhD muna 1942 mumunda wekuita kwevana. Nokubvuma kwake pachake, akanga asingafariri zvepfungwa dzevanhu paakasvika kuIowa, uye haana kutora kosi imwe chete yepfungwa dzevanhu munguva yake yose ikoko; panzvimbo pezvo, aifarira basa raLewin rokutanga pamasangano ekudzvinyirira, asi pfungwa yaLewin yakanga yaenda kune zvepfungwa dzevanhu panguva iyo Festinger akasvika kuIowa. Zvisinei, Festinger akapfuurira kutevera fariro dzake dzapakuvamba, achidzidza mwero wechishuvo, achishanda panhamba, achivandudza muenzaniso wokuwanda wokugadzira chisarudzo, uye kunyange kubudisa fundo ye laboratori pamakonzo. Achitsanangura kushaikwa kwake kwekufarira mune zvepfungwa panguva iyoyo, Festinger akati, "Maitiro akasununguka ezvidzidzo zvepfungwa dzevanhu, uye kusanzwisisika kwehukama hwe data kune pfungwa dzeLewinian nedzidziso, zvese zvaiita kunge zvisingafadzi kwandiri mukuda kwangu kwevechidiki kwekuomarara. "Mushure mekupedza kudzidza, Festinger akashanda semubatsiri wekutsvagisa kuIowa kubva muna 1941 kusvika muna 1943, uyezve semuchengeti wehuwandu hweKomiti yeKusarudzwa uye Kudzidziswa kweVatyairi Vendege kuYunivhesiti yeRochester kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1945 panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1943, Festinger akaroora Mary Oliver Ballou, muimbi wepiyano, waakabereka naye vana vatatu, Catherine, Richard, naKurt. Festinger naBallou vakazorambana, uye Festinger akaroora Trudy Bradley, parizvino purofesa webasa rezvemagariro paNew York University, muna 1968.  Mubvunzo: Festinger akaberekerwa kupi?
Brooklyn, New York