Cognitive and Social Consequences of the Need for Cognitive Closure

M. Webster, Donna; W. Kruglanski, Arie

doi:10.1080/14792779643000100

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Cognitive and Social Consequences of the Need for Cognitive Closure

Published in European Review of Social Psychology • Jan 1, 1997

Authors:

Donna M. Webster

Arie W. Kruglanski

Abstract

This paper reviews research on the antecedent conditions and the cognitive and social consequences of the need for cognitive closure (Kruglanski, 1989). This particular need is conceived of as a desire for definite knowledge on some issue and the eschewal of confusion and ambiguity. It is considered...

Subject

Cognition

Psychology

Closure (psychology)

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