The psychology of closed mindedness [[electronic resource] /] / Arie W. Kruglanski

• Autore: Kruglanski Arie W
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Psychology Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.4
• Soggetto topico: Prejudices; Social perception
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.: 9910450978603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Essays in social psychology.