Temporal extension: What we know or believe we know about a person displaying specific emotions? [PDF]
PsihologijaThis study investigated how the facial expressions of six basic emotions, the gender of the face stimuli, and observer’s need for closure affect impression formation.
Pejičić Marija
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Discover Psychology, 2023 Thinking about the universe also includes thinking about hypothetical extraterrestrial intelligence. Two key questions arise: Why are we thinking about them in the first place? And why are we anthropomorphizing them?
Niklas Alexander Döbler +2 more
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Structural Equation Modeling of EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate and Their Cognitive and Personality Traits [PDF]
Applied Research on English Language, 2020 This study aimed at investigating the relationship between Willingness to Communicate and EFL learners’ Communication Apprehension, Self-perceived Communicative Competence, Self-regulation, Need for Closure, Tolerance of Ambiguity as well as Aggression ...
Zahra Amirian +2 more
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Conspiracy Thinking, Need for Cognitive Closure, and Anti-Intellectualism
, 2023 Conspiracy theory endorsement has previously been linked to increased needs for cognitive closure. In this study, we will investigate whether the link between need for cognitive closure and conspiracy theories is moderated by anti ...
Scott Eidelman, Marie Altgilbers Roweton
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Investigating the Mediating Role of Achievement Goals in the Effect of Need Forclosure and Academic Procrastination [PDF]
رویکردهای نوین آموزشی, 2016 The aim of the present study was investigating the mediating role of achievement goals in the relationship between need for closure and academic procrastination.
A. Rastegar +3 more
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The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure [PDF]
, 2019 Social psychologists have long studied the factors that underlie prejudice, including rigid ways of viewing the world and a fear of outside influence.
Baldner, Conrad +3 more
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Self-exploration accounts for delusional-like experiences in non-clinical adults
Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 2016 Background Previous research on non-clinical samples found that younger age may predispose to delusional-like experiences (DLEs). We propose to seek its explanation within the process of identity formation and personality factors (i.e., fantasy ...
Aleksandra Niemyjska, Marta Dąbska
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Do Counter-Narratives Reduce Support for ISIS? Yes, but Not for Their Target Audience
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The purpose of this research is to experimentally test whether counter-narratives are effective to reduce people’s support and willingness to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Jocelyn J. Bélanger +5 more
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Is sexism a gender issue? A motivated social cognition perspective on men’s and women’s sexist attitudes toward own and other gender [PDF]
, 2012 The present research investigated the antecedents of ambivalent sexism (i.e., hostile and benevolent forms) in both men and women toward own and other gender.
Roets, Arne +5 more
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The need for closure in large distributed systems [PDF]
ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, 1989 As the size of a distributed system grows it becomes increasingly difficult for users to find their way around. One solution for this problem is user centered naming. A problem with user centered naming is that it has the potential to cause confusion and to make sharing difficult. This problem can be avoided if the system supports closure. Although the
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