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Motivated Shield From Chronic Noise Environment: Moderation of the Relationship Between Noise Sensitivity and Work Wellbeing by Need for Closure

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Several studies have underlined how chronic exposure to environmental noise may have negative effects on performance, wellbeing, and social relations.
Stefano Livi, Gennaro Pica, Giuseppe Carrus, Marika Rullo, Marta Gentile   +4 more
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Influence of anxiety on university students’ academic involution behavior during COVID-19 pandemic: Mediating effect of cognitive closure needs

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative effect on university students’ mental health worldwide. The pandemic has resulted in individuals experiencing increased levels of anxiety and stress as well as intensified concerns about the future due
Dongdong Yan, Huanzhe Zhang, Shili Guo, Wen Zeng   +3 more
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Retrieval-induced forgetting as motivated cognition [PDF]

, 2018
Recalling information from a particular category can reduce one's memory capability for related, non-retrieved information. This is known as the retrieval-induced forgetting effect (RIF; Anderson et al., 1994). The present paper reviews studies that show
Chernikova, Marina, Giannini, Anna Maria, Kruglanski, Arie W., Pica, Gennaro, Pierro, Antonio   +4 more
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Social Cognition and Democracy: The Relationship Between System Justification, Just World Beliefs, Authoritarianism, Need for Closure, and Need for Cognition in Hungary

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2014
This research was aimed at examining just-world beliefs, system justification, authoritarianism, and cognitive style in a nationally representative sample (N = 1000) in Hungary, and at relating these phenomena to various demographic and political ...
László Kelemen, Zsolt Péter Szabó, Noémi Zsuzsanna Mészáros, János László, Josef P. Forgas   +4 more
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'Beauty is no quality in things themselves': epistemic motivation affects implicit preferences for art. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Art preferences are affected by a number of subjective factors. This paper reports two studies which investigated whether need for closure shapes implicit art preferences.
Antonio Chirumbolo, Ambra Brizi, Stefano Mastandrea, Lucia Mannetti   +3 more
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THE INFLUENCE OF THE NEED FOR COGNITIVE CLOSURE ON THE BELIEF IN GENERIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN MILITARY POPULATION

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2023
From the lay epistemic theory we derive the concept of Need for Cognitive Closure, which contemplates the underlying cognitive and motivational elements of individuals in the construction and use of knowledge, as well as in decision making and ...
Manuel Tomás Passero, Ben Tovin Jochay, Luis Carlos Jaume   +2 more
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Who Doesn't Want to be an Entrepreneur? The Role of Need for Closure in Forming Entrepreneurial Intentions of Polish Students

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2016
Objective: The objective of this paper is to broaden our understanding of the factors that shape entrepreneurial intention (EI). Specifically, we analyse how the need for cognitive closure (NfC) influences EI.
Aleksandra Wąsowska
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Understanding extremist personality: the mediating influence of Regulatory Modes and the need for cognitive closure in the Quest for Significance

Frontiers in Social Psychology
IntroductionUnderstanding the psychological mechanisms underlying extremist personality helps explain why some individuals endorse rigid or polarized positions.
Luis Carlos Jaume, Luis Carlos Jaume, Marcelo Agustin Roca, Marcelo Agustin Roca, Nahuel Hugo Ezequiel Duhalde, Nahuel Hugo Ezequiel Duhalde, Hugo Simkin, Hugo Simkin, Hugo Simkin, Sara Liebana, Pedro Altungy Labrador   +10 more
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Bayesianism for Non-ideal Agents [PDF]

, 2020
Orthodox Bayesianism is a highly idealized theory of how we ought to live our epistemic lives. One of the most widely discussed idealizations is that of logical omniscience: the assumption that an agent’s degrees of belief must be probabilistically ...
Bjerring, Jens Christian, Skipper, Mattias   +1 more
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Influence of Need for Cognition and Need for Cognitive Closure on Information Behaviour

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI, 2013
This project examines the influence of need for cognition and need for cognitive closure on information behaviour. Clear links between variations in the two variables observed in the literature and aspects of information behaviour are presented, along with a mixed methods design for the project.Ce projet examine l’influence du besoin cognitif et du ...
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