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Correlation between the Need for Cognitive Closure and Narrative Creativity in Secondary Education. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
(1) Background: The present study analyzed the need for cognitive closure and narrative creativity in adolescents. The aim was to demonstrate a strong relationship between narrative creativity and the need for cognitive closure.
Ortega-Martín JL, Portnova T, Zurita-Ortega F, Ubago-Jiménez JL.   +3 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Need for cognitive closure predicts preference for similar others and reduced diversity in social networks [PDF]

Scientific Reports
People 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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The Impact of the Need for Cognitive Closure on Attitudes toward Women as Managers and the Sequential Mediating Role of Belief in a Just World and Gender Essentialism [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
This research investigated the relation between the need for cognitive closure (i.e., a desire for epistemic certainty) and attitudes toward women as managers among men and women.
Conrad Baldner, Antonio Pierro
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Pandemic, Perceived Risk, and Cognitive Dissonance as Antecedents to Need for Cognitive Closure [PDF]

International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 2022
The purpose of this article is to examine the influence of pandemic, perceived risk, and cognitive dissonance on the need for cognitive closure. A consumer today wants an aversion towards the ambiguity that is created due to this pandemic. The data is collected using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk panel.
Ruchika Sachdeva, Sachdeva, Ruchika
openaire   +3 more sources

The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure [PDF]

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 2019
Fil: Kruglanski, Arie W..
Baldner C., Jaume L. C., Pierro A., Kruglanski A. W.   +3 more
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Perceived workload and teaching innovative behavior in university teachers: parallel mediation by need for cognitive closure and thriving at work, gender multi-group [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
BackgroundIn the context of increasing demands in higher education, university teachers are expected to engage in innovative teaching while managing growing workloads.
Man Chen, Ling Zhang
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Effects of Age and Initial Risk Perception on Balloon Analogue Risk Task: The Mediating Role of Processing Speed and Need for Cognitive Closure [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
According to the dual-process theoretical perspective adopted in the presented research, the efficiency of deliberative processes in decision making declines with age, but experiential processes are relatively well-preserved.
Maciej eKoscielniak, Klara eRydzewska, Grzegorz eSedek   +2 more
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Need to know: the need for cognitive closure impacts the clinical practice of obstetrician/gynecologists. [PDF]

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 2014
Need for cognitive closure (NFCC) has been shown to be a consistent and measurable trait. It has effects on decision making and has been associated with more rapid decision making, higher reliance on heuristics or biases for decision making, reduced tolerance for ambiguity, and reduced interest in searching for alternatives.
Raglan GB, Babush M, Farrow VA, Kruglanski AW, Schulkin J.   +4 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Need for Closure as a New Neuropsychological Concept [PDF]

Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
Need 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, Moin Syed, Figen Cok, Zahide Tonga   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Personality traits predict the need for cognitive closure in advanced undergraduate medical students [PDF]

BMC Medical Education
Background Uncertainty in medical decision-making is a significant challenge influenced by various patient- and physician-related factors. They include physicians’ clinical reasoning skills and their tolerance for uncertainty.
Julia Gärtner, Lea Jebram, Sigrid Harendza   +2 more
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