The Psychology of Closed Mindedness

ISBN-13: 9780863775802 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 208 str.

Arie W. Kruglanski

Opis

Closed mindedness is something we all experience on a daily basis. This volume stresses the epistemic functionality of closed mindedness and its essential role in judgment and decision making. It should be of interest to upper level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in social, cognitive, and personality psychology as well as in sociology, political science, and business administration.

Recenzje

This book is testimony to the creativity and scientific commitment of its author. Arie Kruglanski has used the key concepts of his theory of lay epistemology to build a remarkably cumulative research program that bridges social and personality psychology as well as the laboratory and the real world. - Philip E. Tetlock, University of California at Berkeley

This is one of the most impressive research programs in social psychology from one of the most dynamic researchers in the field, addressing one of the most timely topics in the field: the need for closure and its motivational bases. This work has profound implications for why individuals, groups, and nations succeed or fail as they try to grapple with information and make sounds decisions. - Carol S. Dweck, Columbia University

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Motivational Bases of Closed and Open Mindedness; Chapter 3 Specific Manifestations of Closure Needs in Information Processing Activites; Chapter 4 Prior Psychological Analyses of Closed and Open Mindedness; Chapter 5 Intrapersonal Effects of Closure Needs; Chapter 6 Interpersonal Consequences of the Closure Needs; Chapter 7 Group Phenomena; Chapter 8 Need for Closure Impact on Inter- Group Processes; Chapter 9 Need for Closure in Real- World Contexts; References Index;

O autorze

Arie W. Kruglanski