Festinger wuxuu dhigan jiray Dugsiga Sare ee Wiilasha ee Brooklyn, wuxuuna ka qaatay shahaadada BS ee cilmu-nafsiga ee Kulliyadda Magaalada New York sanadkii 1939. Wuxuu sii waday inuu wax ku barto Kurt Lewin ee Jaamacadda Iowa, halkaas oo Festinger uu ka qaatay MA sanadkii 1940 iyo PhD sanadkii 1942 ee dhinaca dabeecadda carruurta. Sida uu isagu qirtay, ma uusan xiiseyneynin cilmi-nafsiga bulshada markii uu yimid Iowa, mana uusan qaadan koorso hal koorso ah oo cilmu-nafsiga bulshada ah intii uu halkaas joogay; taa bedelkeeda, wuxuu xiiseynayay shaqada Lewin ee hore ee nidaamyada, laakiin Lewin wuxuu diiradda saaray cilmu-nafsiga bulshada.
Magaalada Brooklyn ee New York