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Influences on cognitive engagement: Epistemological beliefs and need for closure
British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006Background. Research indicates that achievement goals influence cognitive engagement, which, in turn, influences academic achievement. We believe that there are other individual difference variables in the realm of personal epistemology that may also directly or indirectly influence cognitive engagement ...
Teresa K, DeBacker, H Michael, Crowson
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Effects of Psychological Distance and Need for Cognitive Closure on Impression Formation
The Journal of General Psychology, 2017Based on theoretical and empirical similarities between Construal level theory of psychological distance and the Need for cognitive closure (NFC) theory, it could be hypothesized that psychological distance and NFC represent constructs that overlap to some degree.
Tomić, Ivan +2 more
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The Role of Need for Closure and Need for Cognition in Writing-Specific Psychological Factors
Discourse Processes, 2021This study examined the role of need for closure and need for cognition in predicting second language (L2) writing-specific psychological factors, namely, self-efficacy, anxiety, motivation, and se...
Mohsen Rezazadeh, Nourollah Zarrinabadi
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Need for Cognitive Closure and Political Ideology
Social Psychology, 2018Abstract. Little is known about epistemic motivations affecting political ideology when people make environmental decisions. In two studies, we examined the key role that political ideology played in the relationship between need for cognitive closure (NCC) and self-reported eco-friendly behavior.
Panno, Angelo +5 more
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Need for cognitive closure and information search strategy
Psychology & Marketing, 2008AbstractThe authors investigated whether need for cognitive closure (NFCC) affected one's style of information search (attribute‐based search vs. alternative‐based search) in consumer choice. There has been growing interest in NFCC in marketing and its relationship to consumer information processing. However, no study to date has examined the different
Jong An Choi +3 more
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Religious Fundamentalism, the Need for Cognitive Closure, and Helping
International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 2011In this study, the authors investigated the relation of religious fundamentalism (RF) and need for cognitive closure (NCC) on helping. Participants were 161 undergraduates, 99 of whom met inclusion requirements. Helping was assessed by two pairs of vignettes requesting funding allocations.
Theta Gribbins, Brian Vandenberg
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Acculturation Attitudes, Need for Cognitive Closure, and Adaptation of Immigrants
The Journal of Social Psychology, 2002The author validated Berry's model of acculturation (J. W. Berry, 1990a, 1990b, 1991; J. W. Berry, U. Kim, S. Power, M. Young, & M. Bujaki, 1989) and examined the relation between acculturation attitudes and sociocultural and psychological adaptation among Croatian and Polish immigrants to Italy, 2 groups whose cultures are not very different from the ...
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Dispositional Need for Cognitive Closure and Self-Enhancing Beliefs
The Journal of Social Psychology, 2000In 3 studies, the author examined self-enhancing beliefs as a function of dispositional need for cognitive closure. The results of the 1st study revealed that fathers in the Netherlands believed that they devoted more time to their children than did average Dutch fathers; these beliefs were strongest for participants with a high need for closure ...
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Motivated Social Cognition: Need for Closure Effects on Memory and Judgment
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1996In two experiments, the relation between need for closure and group perception was studied. Dispositional need for closure was measured with a scale developed by Webster and Kruglanski (1994). In Experiment 1, subjects were presented with behavioral information about a group of soccer hooligans and were asked to form an impression of this group ...
Dijksterhuis, A.J. +3 more
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The Need for Cognitive Closure and Partisan Group-Centrism
2023This chapter provides an empirical assessment examining the relationship between the need for cognitive closure and outcomes among both Republicans and Democrats. It talks about group-centric partisanship, which expresses the outcomes of partisan strength, intensity of partisan social identity, difference in feelings about the two parties, and ...
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