On being a mindful authoritarian: Is need for cognition always associated with less punitiveness?

Political Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-91

  Tam, Kim Pong ^a   Leung, Angela Ka Yee ^b   Chiu, Chi Yue ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivated social cognition; Need for cognition; Punitiveness; Right wing authoritarianism; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149073911     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00613.x     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Aiken, L. S. West, S. G. (1991). Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions. Thousand Oaks : Sage.
2. Altemeyer, B. (1996). The authoritarian specter. Cambridge : Harvard University Press.
3. Altemeyer, B. (1998). The other "authoritarian personality In M. P. Zanna (Ed. Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 30, pp. 48-92). New York : Academic.
4. Cacioppo, J. T. Petty, R. E. (1982). The need for cognition. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 42, 116 131.
5. Cacioppo, J. T., Petty, R. E. Kao, C. F. (1984). The efficient assessment of need for cognition. Journal of Personality Assessment, 48, 306 307.
6. Cacioppo, J. T., Petty, R. E., Kao, C. F. Rodriguez, R. (1986). Central and peripheral routes to persuasion: An individual difference perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1032 1043.
7. Capps, J. S. (2002). Explaining punitiveness: Right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance. North Americans Journal of Psychology, 4, 263 278.
8. Crawford, M. T. Skowronski, J. J. (1998). When motivated thought leads to heightened bias: High need for cognition can enhance the impact of stereotypes on memory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1075 1088.
9. Crawford, M. T., Skowronski, J. J. Walker, W. R. (1995). Need for cognition and stereotype use: The role of attention and elaboration in person perception. Presented at the 104th annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science, Columbus, OH.
10. Devine, P. G. Monteith, M. J. (1999). Automaticity and control in stereotyping. In S. Chaiken Y. Trope (Eds Dual-process theories in social psychology (pp. 339 360). New York : Guilford Press.
11. Goldberg, J. H., Lerner, J. S. Tetlock, P. E. (1999). Rage and reason: The psychology of the intuitive prosecutor. European Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 781 795.
12. Hogan, D. E. Mallot, M. (2005). Changing racial prejudice through diversity education. Journal of College Student Development, 46, 115 125.
13. Jost, J. T., Glaser, J., Kruglanski, A. W. Sulloway, F. J. (2003). Political conservatism as motivated social cognition. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 339 375.
14. Khan, S. R. Lambert, A. J. (2001). Perceptions of racial discrimination: When do people attempt to justify race-based prejudice? Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 23, 43 53.
15. Lerner, J. S., Goldberg, J. H. Tetlock, P. E. (1998). Sober second thought: The effects of accountability, anger, and authoritarianism on attributions of responsibility. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 563 574.
16. Peterson, B. E., Doty, R. M. Winter, D. G. (1993). Authoritarianism and attitudes towards contemporary social issues. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 174 184.
17. Pratto, F., Sidanius, J., Stallworth, L. Malle, B. (1994). Social dominance orientation: A personality variable predicting social and political attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 741 763.
18. Rucker, D. D., Polifroni, M., Tetlock, P. E. Scott, A. L. (2004). On the assignment of punishment: The impact of general-societal threat and the moderating role of severity. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 673 684.
19. Sargent, M. J. (2004). Less thought, more punishment: Need for cognition predicts support for punitive responses to crime. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 1485 1493.
20. Stangor, C. Thompson, E. P. (2002). Needs for cognitive economy and self-enhancement as unique predictors of intergroup attitudes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 563 575.
21. Tetlock, P. E. (2002). Social functionalist frameworks for judgment and choice: Intuitive politicians, theologians, and prosecutors. Psychological Review, 109, 451 471.
22. Van Hiel, A. Kossowska, M. (2006). Having few positive emotions, or too many negative feelings? Emotions as moderating variables of authoritarianism effects of racism. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 919 930.
23. Van Hiel, A., Pandelaere, M. Duriez, B. (2004). The impact of need for closure on conservative beliefs and racism: Differential mediation by authoritarian submission and authoritarian dominance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30, 834 837.
24. Waller, J. (1993). Correlation of need for cognition and modern racism. Psychological Reports, 73, 542.