Working Hard to Take the Easy Way Out: How the Need for Cognitive Closure Shapes Strategic Effort Investment to Ease Future Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley S. Otto ◽  
Joshua J. Clarkson ◽  
Nathanael S. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure

scholarly journals Comparison of the University Students in Turkey and Central Asia with Regards to Their Characteristics of Thinking, Decision Making and Cognitive Closure

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-318
Author(s):  
Hasan Yilmaz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
University Students ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure ◽  
Decision Making Styles ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Cultures

The aim of this study is to compare the Turkish, Uzbek and Kyrgyz university students with regards to their thinking and decision making styles and as well as their cognitive closure. 141 Turkish, 69 Uzbek and 89 Kyrgyz students at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University participated in the study. As the data collection tool, the 15-point version of the thinking styles scale, decision making styles scale and the need for cognitive closure scale were used. The data were examined with the one-way variance analysis and the T2 test of Scheffe and Tamhane was applied to find the source of the difference in groups where a difference was determined. As a result of the study, significant differences were found between the Turkish, Uzbek and Kyrgyz students in 11 of the 13 thinking styles and in 3 of the 5 decision making styles. The highest difference in 3 sample groups was found for the need for cognitive closure. The importance of knowing the thinking and decision making styles of different cultures as a prerequisite for intercultural communication and cooperation was highlighted and some recommendations were made on this matter.

Dogmatism and the Need for Closure

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber M. Gaffney ◽  
Natasha La Vogue
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Need For Closure ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure ◽  
Epistemic Motivation ◽  
Information Research ◽  
Political Decision Making

Research and both applications of theories of dogmatism and the need for closure implicate the importance of closed belief systems in cognition, social interactions, and decision-making. Research traditionally examines dogmatism as a personality trait wherein people vary in the extent to which they actively justify and maintain their closed belief systems through ideological rigidity. The need for cognitive closure is a related concept, but research and theorizing in this area provides an account of an epistemic motivation to obtain knowledge and answers rapidly—to find information quickly and hold fast to the conclusions drawn from that information. Research on both dogmatism and the need for cognition hold significant implications for and applications to political decision-making and ideology, in-group favoritism and out-group derogation, and resistance to change.

Multifaceted effects of need for cognitive closure on effort: A cardiovascular response study.

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Szumowska ◽  
Paulina Szwed ◽  
Małgorzata Kossowska ◽  
Rex Wright
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Response ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure

Analysis and outlook of need for cognitive closure research

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 688
Author(s):  
LIU Zimin ◽  
SHI Kan ◽  
WAN Jin ◽  
CHEN Chen
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure

La resistenza al cambiamento. Validitŕ della versione italiana della scala di oreg (2003)

2009 ◽  
pp. 7-30
Author(s):  
Andrea Bobbio ◽  
Anna Maria Manganelli ◽  
Valentina Filippini
Keyword(s):  
Social Desirability ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Emotional Control ◽  
Cognitive Closure ◽  
Need For Cognitive Closure

- The aim of the study is to propose the Italian version of the multifactor resistance to change scale (RTC) developed by Oreg (2003), and to examine its psychometric properties. The research was conducted via self-administered questionnaires on a group of 324 adults, men and women, currently employed. Correlations were computed between RTC and measures of personality factors (Big Five), sensation seeking, need for cognitive closure, emotional control, cognitive abilities, and political orientation. Then, the correlation between RTC and social desirability was computed. Moreover, differences in RTC scores between sub-groups with a different amount of change experiences were analysed. Finally, via multiple regression analysis, the best predictors of RTC were identified. RTC factorial structure, made up of four first-order factors and a single second-order factor, was supported by confirmatory factor analysis results. The internal consistency was also acceptable. RTC measure was negatively correlated with extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability and openness (Big Five), sensation seeking, and emotional control. The correlation between RTC and need for cognitive closure was high and positive. The correlation between RTC and social desirability was week and negative, and no correlations at all resulted between RTC, cognitive ability and political orientation. Participants with a high number of change experiences had a lower RTC scores when compared with those with a low number of change experiences. Finally, need for cognitive closure was the most important predictor of resistance to change score.

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