Complexity management theory: Motivation for ideological rigidity and social conflict

Cortex

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 429-458

  Peterson, Jordan B ^a   Flanders, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Belief; Category; Exploration; Frame problem; Ideology; Novelty; Object; Prefrontal cortex; Religion

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONALITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOPATHY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT; CONTROL; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OBJECT RELATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CREATIVENESS; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EMOTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035997012     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70680-4     Document Type: Article

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