Motivated social cognition: Need for closure effects on memory and judgment

Author(s): Vanknippenberg, A., Kruglanski, A. W., Schaper, C.

Journal/Book: J Exp Soc Psychol. 1996; 32: 525B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Academic Press Inc Jnl-Comp Subscriptions. 254-270.

Abstract: In two experiments, the relation between need for closure and group perception was studied. Dispositional need for closure was measured with a scale developed by Webster and Kruglanski (1994). in Experiment 1, subjects were presented with behavioral information about a group of soccer hooligans and were asked to form an impression of this group. Subjects high in need for closure recalled relatively more stereotype-consistent information. This subjects low in need for closure recalled more inconsistent information, Furthermore, subjects high in need for closure judged the target group more stereotypically and perceived the group as more homogeneous compared to subjects ion in need for closure, In Experiment 2, in which the target group consisted or nurses and in which the stimulus set was more complex, most of the results of Experiment 1 were replicated. It was concluded that dispositional need for closure is an important determinant of the way social groups are perceived and judged. (%O Article A Dijksterhuis, Univ Nijmegen, Dept Social Psychol, POB 9104, 6500 He Nijmegen, Netherlands

Keyword(s): PERSON MEMORY; IMPRESSIONAL PRIMACY; INFORMATION; BEHAVIORS; RECALL; SCHEMA; INCONSISTENT; PERCEPTION; CONSISTENT; ATTENTION

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