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Authoritarianism and Its Relationship with Intuitive-Experiential Cognitive Style and Heuristic Processing

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    Kemmelmeier, Markus
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    2010
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    Abstract
    Two studies examined the relationship between authoritarianism, cognitive style and heuristic processing. Focusing on Epstein’s (2003) cognitive-experiential self-theory, Study 1 shows that authoritarianism is related to Epstein’s dimension of faith in intuition, but not need for cognition, even when controlling for individual differences in need for structure. Study 2 confirms that authoritarianism is related to greater heuristic processing. The discussion suggests ways in which individual differences in cognitive style and heuristic processing may account for established effects of authoritarianism.
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    authoritarianism
    closure scale
    cognitive-experiential self-theory
    cognitive styles
    confidence
    heuristic processing
    individual-differences
    judgment
    need
    need for closure
    orientation
    personality
    probability
    psychology
    representativeness heuristic
    right-wing authoritarianism
    social
    thinking styles
     
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