Need for closure and heuristic information processing: The moderating role of the ability to achieve the need for closure

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-480

  Kossowska, Malgorzata ^a   Bar Tal, Yoram ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STEREOTYPING; TIME; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPING; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877924384     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12001     Document Type: Article

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