Need for Closure and Political Orientation Among German University Students

Tests competing hypotheses about the relationship between general political orientation and differences in cognitive functioning. Finds that a direct relationship between right-wing orientation and closed cognitive constructs best fits the data. Notes that these findings contradict other recent stud...

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Published inThe Journal of social psychology Vol. 137; no. 6; pp. 787 - 789
Main Author Kemmelmeier, Markus
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC Taylor & Francis Group 01.12.1997
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Clark University Press
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Authoritarianism
Behavior. Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Closure
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Functioning
Cognitive Structures
Cognitive Style
College Students
Extremism
Federal Republic of Germany
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Germany
Human Relations
Hypotheses
Ideology
Individual Differences
Personality
Political Affiliation
Political Attitudes
Political Issues
Political parties
Politics
Psychological Studies
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Resistance (Psychology)
Right Wing Politics
Social Attitudes
Social psychology
Social Science Research
Sociopolitical factors
Statistical Analysis
Student Attitudes
Trend Analysis
Variance analysis
Germany
Social environment
Human
Policy
Attitude
Personal commitment
Ideology
Cognition
Student
Judgment
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Summary:Tests competing hypotheses about the relationship between general political orientation and differences in cognitive functioning. Finds that a direct relationship between right-wing orientation and closed cognitive constructs best fits the data. Notes that these findings contradict other recent studies that support a curvilinear relationship between political extremism and cognitive styles. (DSK)
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ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224549709595501