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A Need Basis for Values: Associations Between the Need for Cognitive Closure and Value Priorities [PDF]

Personality and Individual Differences, 2009
Abstract Values are viewed as partly based on needs, but little research has been devoted to testing this relationship. The need to attain or avoid cognitive closure may be an important cognitive-motivational factor underlying the endorsement and pursuit of particular values.
Rachel M Calogero, Anat Bardi, Robbie M Sutton   +2 more
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Need for cognitive closure and coping strategies

International Journal of Psychology, 2002
This 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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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.
Jacquelyn Burkell, Alexandre Fortier
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The Need for Closure and the Spontaneous Use of Complex and Simple Cognitive Structures

Journal of Social Psychology, 2003
The authors performed 2 experiments that explored the causal role of need for closure in producing the use of simple structures. In particular, the authors gave the participants a cue that called for a complex or a simple solution on a cognitive complexity task.
Alain Van Hiel, Ivan Mervielde
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The Relationship Between Need for Cognitive Closure and Political Orientation: The Mediating Role of Authoritarianism

Personality and Individual Differences, 2002
As regards the relationship between cognitive style, authoritarianism and politics, no secure conclusion can be drawn and the debate is still alive. This contribution explores the relationship between need for closure, authoritarianism and political ...
Antonio Chirumbolo
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Need for cognitive closure and mobile personalization: a cluster analysis

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 2022
PurposeThis study aims to profile mobile users based on their need for cognitive closure (NFC) (preference for order, preference for predictability, discomfort with ambiguity, close-mindedness and decisiveness) and identify differences among the groups regarding their perceptions of personalized preferences and privacy concerns.Design/methodology ...
Xuan Quach, Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee
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Cognitive and Social Consequences of the Need for Cognitive Closure

European Review of Social Psychology, 1997
This paper reviews research on the antecedent conditions and the cognitive and social consequences of the need for cognitive closure (Kruglanski, 1989). This particular need is conceived of as a desire for definite knowledge on some issue and the eschewal of confusion and ambiguity.
Donna M. Webster, Arie W. Kruglanski
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Individual differences in need for cognitive closure.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1994
This article introduces an individual-difference measure of the need for cognitive closure. As a dispositional construct, the need for cognitive closure is presently treated as a latent variable manifested through several different aspects, namely, desire for predictability, preference for order and structure, discomfort with ambiguity, decisiveness ...
D M, Webster, A W, Kruglanski
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