Need for Closure and the Social Response to Terrorism

Orehek, Edward; Fishman, Shira; Dechesne, Mark; Doosje, Bertjan; Kruglanski, Arie W.; Cole, Angela P.; Saddler, Billie; Jackson, Tarra

doi:10.1080/01973533.2010.519196

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“…Specifically, studies revealed that individuals under high NFC tend to prefer an autocratic group decision structure in which consensus and hence a stable, closure affording, shared reality is more likely, stemming from the disproportionate influence of the group's leaders (De Grada, Kruglanski, Mannetti, & Pierro, 1999;Pierro, Mannetti, De Grada, Livi, & Kruglanski, 2003). For example, Orehek et al (2010) found that individuals with a high NFC preferred decisive, rigid political leaders over flexible, open-minded leaders whereas those with a low NFC exhibited just the opposite preference.…”

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The Motivated Gatekeeper of Our Minds

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Kossowska

et al. 2015

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

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Section: Behavioral Consequences Of Nfc For Judgment and Decision Makmentioning

confidence: 95%

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“…Of present relevance, Orehek and colleagues () found that the salience of a threatening out‐group (i.e., Muslims) instills in natives (i.e., Dutch citizens) a sense of insecurity translated into a heightened need for closure. In turn, high need for closure enhances attitudinal responses aimed to restore certainty like in‐group identification, out‐group derogation, and the endorsement for decisive and rigid leadership (Orehek et al, ).…”

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Need for closure effect on collective action intentions and behavior toward immigrants in Italy: The mediation of binding foundations and political conservatism

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Pellegrini

Baldner

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Why are people (de)motivated to mobilize in favor of immigrants? Addressing this question, we investigated the role of individuals' epistemic motivation (i.e., need for closure) in influencing the process of becoming motivated to participate in collective action in favor of immigrants in Italy. Specifically, the mediational role of binding moral foundations and political conservatism in explaining the relationship between need for closure and collective action in favor of immigrants was examined in three studies. It was hypothesized that a heightened need for closure would be indirectly and negatively associated with collective action in favor of immigrants, sequentially mediated first through binding moral foundations and then political conservatism. We found support for this prediction when either dispositional measure (Study 1 and Study 2) or an experimental induction (Study 3) of need for closure were used, and when both collective action intentions (Study 1 and Study 3) and behavior (Study 2) were assessed. The results suggest that need for closure constitutes a powerful motivational force that leads individuals to engage in uncertainty‐reducing evaluations and actions. We discuss these results regarding how they are related with previous work and their implications for research and practice.

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“…There is some empirical evidence to support this idea; for example, Orehek et al . () found that reminders of terrorist attacks elevated individuals’ need for closure, which in turn increased in‐group identification and outgroup derogation. In complementary research, Tadmor, Hong, Chao, Wiruchnipawan, and Wang () found that multicultural experiences reduced NCC and, consequently, outgroup derogation.…”

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The closing of open minds: Need for closure moderates the impact of uncertainty salience on outgroup discrimination

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Mannetti

Kruglanski

2015

British J Social Psychol

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In three studies, we examined how dispositional need for cognitive closure (NCC) moderates the impact of various types of uncertainty salience (personal and supraliminal in studies 1 and 2; economic and subliminal in Study 3) on implicit attitudes (studies 1 and 3) and explicit discriminatory intentions (Study 2) towards outgroup members. Across all three studies, we found that uncertainty increased discrimination against outgroups among low-NCC individuals but not among high-NCC individuals. High-NCC individuals tended to be more discriminatory irrespective of uncertainty salience. These results suggest that uncertainty salience leads individuals with a low dispositional need for closure to act like those with high need for closure. The implications of the findings for theories about how uncertainty influences social attitudes and intergroup behaviour are discussed.

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Need for Closure and the Social Response to Terrorism

Cited by 41 publications

References 24 publications

The Motivated Gatekeeper of Our Minds

The Motivated Gatekeeper of Our Minds

Need for closure effect on collective action intentions and behavior toward immigrants in Italy: The mediation of binding foundations and political conservatism

The closing of open minds: Need for closure moderates the impact of uncertainty salience on outgroup discrimination

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