The Greek concept of hubris—the excessive pride that leads to downfall—perfectly encapsulates the Awami League's attitude. Political scientist Graham Allison's theory of organisational failure ...

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ABSTRACT: Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance (1957) has long served as a cornerstone in understanding psychological conflict arising from contradictory beliefs and behaviors. However, in ...

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When Abraham Tesser (MS ’65, PhD ’67) was about to embark on his graduate studies in the Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences, his mother, a New Yorker who had never been to Indiana, ...