Cults Daily: "The Seekers" Dr. Charles Laughead - Cults (podcast) Our Ministry. Martin was joined by a small group of like-minded adventurers (there were typically somewhere between 10 and 20 members), the most prominent being Dr. Charles Laughead, a staff physician at Michigan State University. Charles D Jr Laughead Charles Laughead (born 1912) Jump to: Bio graphy Family Photos Comments Obit uary. Inside UFO doomsday cult 'The Seekers' that saw believers wait to be Updated: November 12, 2019 @ 3:32 am Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a servic..View article. Friends can be as close as family. document.write ("Charles D Jr Laughead (born 1912) - Biography and Family Tree That's the mental conflict that occurs when a person's beliefs or assumptions are challenged by new information, per Britannica. Dr. Bair graduated from New Hope High School in a class of 14 in 1938 from Franklin and "They sang and waited for the spacemen for perhaps twenty minutes before they retreated to the living room," the authors write. document.write ("'><\/scr"+"ipt>"); According Read More, Gilbert Jordan's passing on Monday, February 20, 2023 has been publicly announced by Stephen R. Haky Funeral Home, Inc. in Uniontown, PA. Legacy Read More, Joseph Ross's passing on Sunday, February 12, 2023 has been publicly announced by DeGusipe Funeral Home & Crematory - Uniontown & Pittsburgh Read More, Edward McGie's passing on Sunday, February 12, 2023 has been publicly announced by DeGusipe Funeral Home & Crematory - Uniontown & Pittsburgh Read More, Van Mater Rhodes, age 90, of Morgantown, WV, passed away Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023 at Harmony Senior Care. It was a year long celebration, with the biggest events taking place on July 4th. The term "cognitive dissonance" was coined after a study was published by researchers who had infiltrated the group to explore how the followers had convinced themselves to continue, even when they were presented with evidence that Martin's statements were false. The Laughead family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. Anna Jane Laughead Obituary - Tuscaloosa, AL - Dignity Memorial Back in East Lansing for Christmas, he and Lillie faced a court hearing to have them declared insane. if (document.referrer) document.write ("&referer=" + escape(document.referrer)); if (document.mmm_fo) document.write ("&mmm_fo=1"); The book was the genesis of Festingers theory of "cognitive dissonance": the idea that humans are as given to rationalizing as being rational. "There Is No Advantage to Thinking": Leon Festinger's 'When Prophecy Fails' Newsman: Well, what were you waiting out in the street for singing carols? In 1956, Festinger, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter produced When Prophecy Fails: A social and psychological study of a modern group that predicted the destruction of the world, an account of their time inside Martins group. Cognitive dissonance results when two cognitions contradict each other, creating psychological discomfort. //]]>-->,