The psychology of closed mindedness
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 epist...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Psychology Press
c2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Essays in social psychology.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798046806719 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.
