Need for closure moderates the break in the message effect [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Cutting the message into smaller portions is a common practice in the media. Typically such messages consist of a headline followed by a story elaboration.
Dariusz Dolinski +2 more
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Religious Fundamentalism Modulates Neural Responses to Error-Related Words: The Role of Motivation Toward Closure [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Examining the relationship between brain activity and religious fundamentalism, this study explores whether fundamentalist religious beliefs increase responses to error-related words among participants intolerant to uncertainty (i.e., high in the need ...
Małgorzata Kossowska +4 more
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Retrieval-Induced Forgetting as Motivated Cognition [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Recalling information from a particular category can reduce one’s memory capability for related, non-retrieved information. This is known as the retrieval-induced forgetting effect (RIF; Anderson et al., 1994). The present paper reviews studies that show
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Motivated Shield From Chronic Noise Environment: Moderation of the Relationship Between Noise Sensitivity and Work Wellbeing by Need for Closure [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Several studies have underlined how chronic exposure to environmental noise may have negative effects on performance, wellbeing, and social relations.
Stefano Livi +4 more
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When need for closure leads to positive attitudes towards a negatively stereotyped outgroup. [PDF]
Motiv Emot, 2015 The study examined the relationship between epistemic motivation, which is the need for closure (NFC), and positive attitudes towards a negatively stereotyped outgroup (i.e., Gypsies).
Kossowska M, Dragon P, Bukowski M.
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The relationship between college students’ legal cognition and maladaptive risk-taking behaviors: the moderating effect of need for cognitive closure [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyLegal socialization refers to the developmental process through which individuals form beliefs, values, and attitudes toward the law. A key component of this process is legal cognition, which includes concrete legal cognition and abstract legal cognition.
Yu Hu +5 more
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Need for cognitive closure predicts preference for similar others and reduced diversity in social networks [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPeople vary in their tolerance for uncertainty, and this motivation—known as Need for Cognitive Closure (NFC)—can shape social behavior. Individuals high in NFC are driven to avoid ambiguity and quickly resolve uncertainty.
Katarzyna Growiec, Ewa Szumowska
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Need for Closure as a New Neuropsychological Concept [PDF]
Psikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarNeed for cognitive closure, is one of the basic topics of behavioral neuroscience which has recently gained greater attention, and can be defined as the desire for an answer on a given topic, any answer, compared to confusion and ambiguity.
Hasan Atak +3 more
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“I Know that I don’t Know Anything”. Socio-Cognitive Antecedents of the Radicalization
Социальная психология и общество, 2021 Objective. Analysis of the relationship between loss of personal significance, intellectual humility, the need for cognitive closure, and support for radicalisation. Background.
Khukhlaev O.E., Pavlova O.S.
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities have issued several guidelines to curb the pandemic's disastrous effects. However, measures' effectiveness is dependent upon people's adherence to them.
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