The relationship between cognitive style and political orientation depends on the measures used

Judgment and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 140-147

  Yilmaz, Onurcan ^a   Adil Saribay, S ^b  

^a DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Actively open minded thinking; Analytic cognitive style; Cognitive reflection test; Dual process model; Economic conservatism; Political orientation; Social conservatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017007639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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