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Autore |
Kruglanski Arie W |
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Titolo |
The psychology of closed mindedness [[electronic resource] /] / Arie W. Kruglanski |
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New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-16880-3 |
0-203-50696-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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Essays in social psychology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prejudices |
Social perception |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Motivational bases of closed and open mindedness -- Specific manifestations of closure needs in information processing activities -- Prior psychological analyses of closed and open mindedness -- Intrapersonal effects of closure needs -- Interpersonal consequences of the closure needs -- Group phenomena -- Need for closure impact on inter-group processes -- Need for closure in real- world contexts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The fundamental phenomenon of human closed-mindedness is treated in this volume. Prior psychological treatments of closed-mindedness have typically approached it from a psychodynamic perspective and have viewed it in terms of individual pathology. By contrast, the present approach stresses the epistemic functionality of closed-mindedness and its essential role in judgement and decision-making. Far from being restricted to a select group of individuals suffering from an improper socialization, closed-mindedness is something we all experience on a daily basis. Such mundane situational conditions |
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