The Motivated Gatekeeper of Our Minds: New Directions in Need for Closure Theory and Research

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-283

  Roets, Arne ^a   Kruglanski, Arie W ^b   Kossowska, Malgorzata ^c   Pierro, Antonio ^d   Hong, Ying yi ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ability; Cognitive capacity; Cognitive closure; Extremism; Group centrism; Lay epistemics; Motivation; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

APPLIED RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEMORY; MOBILIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; PREJUDICE;

EID: 84952630601     PISSN: 00652601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.aesp.2015.01.001     Document Type: Chapter

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