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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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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Psychology Press, c2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
Disciplina: | 153.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Prejudices |
Social perception | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | The psychology of closed mindedness ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-280-16880-3 |
0-203-50696-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910819559903321 |
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