The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure

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Baldner, Conrad; Jaume, Luis Carlos; Pierro, Antonio; Kruglanski, Arie W.
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2019
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Social psychologists have long studied the factors that underlie prejudice, including rigid ways of viewing the world and a fear of outside influence. More recent research has focused on the need for cognitive closure, or the desire for epistemic certainty, and how this can lead to prejudice. Individuals who desire secure knowledge can turn to stereotypes that provide it; individuals under a need for cogni-tive closure can be more likely to accept these stereotypes and the resulting prejudicial attitudes. How-ever, the need for cognitive closure can, paradoxically, be used to reduce prejudice, by substituting a prejudiced source of knowledge with a positive source. In the following review, we will trace the de-velopment of these ideas, build connections between literatures, and propose a new future direction.
Fil: Baldner, Conrad. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Jaume, Luis Carlos. Università di Roma; Italia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pierro, Antonio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Kruglanski, Arie W.. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
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Need for closure
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Authoritarianism
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
title The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
spellingShingle The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
Baldner, Conrad
Need for closure
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Authoritarianism
title_short The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
title_full The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
title_fullStr The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
title_full_unstemmed The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
title_sort The epistemic bases of prejudice: The role of need for cognitive closure
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Baldner, Conrad
Jaume, Luis Carlos
Pierro, Antonio
Kruglanski, Arie W.
author Baldner, Conrad
author_facet Baldner, Conrad
Jaume, Luis Carlos
Pierro, Antonio
Kruglanski, Arie W.
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author2 Jaume, Luis Carlos
Pierro, Antonio
Kruglanski, Arie W.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Need for closure
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Authoritarianism
topic Need for closure
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Authoritarianism
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Social psychologists have long studied the factors that underlie prejudice, including rigid ways of viewing the world and a fear of outside influence. More recent research has focused on the need for cognitive closure, or the desire for epistemic certainty, and how this can lead to prejudice. Individuals who desire secure knowledge can turn to stereotypes that provide it; individuals under a need for cogni-tive closure can be more likely to accept these stereotypes and the resulting prejudicial attitudes. How-ever, the need for cognitive closure can, paradoxically, be used to reduce prejudice, by substituting a prejudiced source of knowledge with a positive source. In the following review, we will trace the de-velopment of these ideas, build connections between literatures, and propose a new future direction.
Fil: Baldner, Conrad. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Jaume, Luis Carlos. Università di Roma; Italia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Pierro, Antonio. Università di Roma; Italia
Fil: Kruglanski, Arie W.. University of Maryland; Estados Unidos
description Social psychologists have long studied the factors that underlie prejudice, including rigid ways of viewing the world and a fear of outside influence. More recent research has focused on the need for cognitive closure, or the desire for epistemic certainty, and how this can lead to prejudice. Individuals who desire secure knowledge can turn to stereotypes that provide it; individuals under a need for cogni-tive closure can be more likely to accept these stereotypes and the resulting prejudicial attitudes. How-ever, the need for cognitive closure can, paradoxically, be used to reduce prejudice, by substituting a prejudiced source of knowledge with a positive source. In the following review, we will trace the de-velopment of these ideas, build connections between literatures, and propose a new future direction.
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