When similarity breeds content: need for closure and the allure of homogeneous and self-resembling groups |
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Authors: | Kruglanski Arie W Shah James Y Pierro Antonio Mannetti Lucia |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA. arie@psyc.umd.edu |
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Abstract: | Four studies explored the relation between members' need for cognitive closure and their feelings toward groups. It was found that high (vs. low) need for closure individuals liked in-groups and out-groups more as function of the degree to which their membership was perceived as homogeneous (Studies 1-4), provided it was also self-similar (Studies 3 and 4). These results are discussed in terms of the relation between need for closure and homogeneous (vs. heterogeneous) groups' apparent potential as "closure providers." |
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