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Need for Cognition and Irrational Beliefs

Psychological Reports, 1997
A total of 149 college students, 48 men and 101 women, completed the Irrational Beliefs and the Need for Cognition scales to assess irrationality and the tendency to engage in effortful cognitive activity. Although substantial overlap between the constructs was found ( r = –.29, p < .001), the relationship was not linear.
J M, Mahoney, D, Kaufman
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Need for Cognition and the process of lie detection

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2010
Four experiments investigated the influence of Need for Cognition on the process of lie detection. According to the basic assumptions of dual process models, only higher Need for Cognition leads to the use of verbal information when making judgments of veracity.
Marc-André Reinhard
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The effects of need for cognition on Internet use

Computers in Human Behavior, 2007
Abstract One of the undisputed roles of the Internet is information spreading. However, to this day there is little understanding of the interaction between the way in which information is provided on the Internet and the behavior of different human personality types.
Yair Amichai-Hamburger
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The Efficient Assessment of Need for Cognition

Journal of Personality Assessment, 1984
A short form for assessing individual differences in need for cognition is described.
J T, Cacioppo, R E, Petty, C F, Kao
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Influence of need for cognition and need for cognitive closure on three information behavior orientations

Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2014
ABSTRACTNeed for Cognition and Need for Cognitive Closure are two stable traits that can enlighten the understanding of inter‐individual variations in information behavior. Following a qualitative phase, an information behavior scale was developed using items related to the ways in which information is needed, sought, used and shared.
Alexandre Fortier, Jacquelyn A. Burkell
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Should Persuasion Be Affective or Cognitive? The Moderating Effects of Need for Affect and Need for Cognition

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2008
Three experiments tested the hypothesis that need for affect and need for cognition influence receptivity to affect- and cognition-based persuasive messages. Experiment 1 found that an affective message elicited more positive attitudes among individuals high in need for affect and low in need for cognition, whereas a cognitive message elicited more ...
Geoffrey, Haddock, Gregory R, Maio, Karin, Arnold, Thomas, Huskinson   +3 more
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The Semantic Web needs more cognition [PDF]

Semantic Web, 2010
One of the key deficiencies of the Semantic Web is its lack of cognitive plausibility. We argue that by accounting for people's reasoning mechanisms and cognitive representations, the usefulness of information coming from the Semantic Web will be enhanced.
Martin Raubal, Benjamin Adams
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Motivation needs cognition but is not just about cognition

Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Abstract Murayama and Jach offer valuable suggestions for how to integrate computational processes into motivation theory, but these processes cannot do away with motivation altogether. Rewards are only rewarding because people want and like them – that is, because of motivation.
Nathalie André, Roy F. Baumeister
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Need for Uniqueness, Need for Cognition, and Creativity

The Journal of Creative Behavior, 2003
ABSTRACTThis study examined two neglected dispositional contributions to creativity, namely needs for uniqueness and cognition. Multiple measures of creativity were used including an inventory of creative accomplishments, preference for complex visual figures (a measure similar to the Barron‐Welsh Art Scale), unconventional rather than popular word ...
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Need for Cognition Related to Time Perception

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1986
Undergraduates who scored high on need for cognition tended to underestimate a 90-sec. filled interval and their number of correct single solution anagrams tended to correlate negatively with estimated time. Subjects high in need for cognition repotted the task was easy but enjoyment and prior experience were similar.
B T, Baugh, S E, Mason
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