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Need for Cognition and Irrational Beliefs
Psychological Reports, 1997A 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. Need for Cognition appears
J M, Mahoney, D, Kaufman
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Need for cognition moderates cognitive effort aversion
2023AbstractWhen making decisions, humans aim to maximize rewards while minimizing costs. The exertion of mental or physical effort has been proposed to be one those costs, translating into avoidance of behaviors carrying effort demands. This motivational framework also predicts that people should experience positive affect when anticipating demand that is
Davide Gheza +2 more
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Curiosity and Need for Cognition
Psychological Reports, 1984The present study hypothesized that individuals' need for cognition, which describes the dispositional tendency to engage in and enjoy thinking, would be related to questionnaire measures of curiosity for 148 adults. Scores on the Need for Cognition Scale were correlated with eight commonly used measures of curiosity of adults. With one exception, all
Kenneth Olson, Cameron Camp, Dana Fuller
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Need for Cognition Related to Time Perception
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1986Undergraduates 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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Personality Traits and Need for Cognition
2021There is considerable anecdotal evidence suggesting that software engineers enjoy engaging in solving puzzles and other cognitive efforts. A tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful thinking is referred to as a person’s ‘need for cognition.’ In this article we study the relationship between software engineers’ personality traits and their need for ...
Masegosa, Andres R. +2 more
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Inferring A Player's Need For Cognition From Hints
Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, 2016Player behavior during game play can be used to construct player models that help adapt the game and make it more fun for the player involved. Similarly in-game behavior could help model personality traits that describe people's attitudes in a fashion that can be stable over time and over different domains, e.g., to support health coaching, or other ...
Pereira Santos, CA +2 more
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Need for Uniqueness, Need for Cognition, and Creativity
The Journal of Creative Behavior, 2003ABSTRACTThis 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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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 Burkell
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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 Burkell
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Receivers' Apprehension and Need for Cognition
Psychological Reports, 1988Examining the relationship between receivers' apprehension and need for cognition of 71 Florida college undergraduates indicated the two characteristics are inversely related. Findings were discussed in terms of implications for research on change of attitudes.
Buhr, Thomas A., Pryor, Burt
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Need for cognitive closure and coping strategies
International Journal of Psychology, 2002This study investigated the hypothesis that the process of coping may be motivated by an interaction of directional motivational factors represented by job satisfaction/dissatisfaction and by non‐directional or epistemological motivational factors represented by the level of Need for Cognitive Closure. Need for Cognitive Closure is based on two general
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