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CORALGRILL2014:
Question 1According to Festinger (1956), the psychic tension that results from lack of agreement between two cognitions on account of failure of the cult leader's prophecy is called ________.
◦ cognitive dissonance
◦ psychic dissonance
◦ cognitive incompatibility
◦ psychic congruence

Question 2According to Leon Festinger, when a cult leader's prophecy fails, it creates an uncomfortable psychological state among the members called ________.
◦ disconfirmed forecast
◦ cognitive expectancy
◦ cognitive forecast
◦ disconfirmed expectancy

tanna.moeller:
Answer 1cognitive dissonance

Answer 2disconfirmed expectancy

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