Theory and research are presented relating the need for cognitive closure to major facets of group behavior. It is suggested that a high need for closure, whether it is based on members’ disposition or the situation, contributes to the emergence of a behavioral syndrome describable as group-centrism—a pattern that includes pressures to opinion uniformity, encouragement of autocratic leadership, in-group favoritism, rejection of deviates, resistance to change, conservatism, and the perpetuation of group norms. These theoretical predictions are borne out by laboratory and field research in diverse settings.

Group as epistemic providers: Need for closure and the unfolding of group-centrism / KRUGLANSKI ARIE, W; Pierro, Antonio; Mannetti, Lucia; DE GRADA, Eraldo. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW. - ISSN 0033-295X. - STAMPA. - 113:(2006), pp. 84-100. [10.1037/0033-295X.113.1.84]

Group as epistemic providers: Need for closure and the unfolding of group-centrism

PIERRO, Antonio;MANNETTI, Lucia;DE GRADA, Eraldo
2006

Abstract

Theory and research are presented relating the need for cognitive closure to major facets of group behavior. It is suggested that a high need for closure, whether it is based on members’ disposition or the situation, contributes to the emergence of a behavioral syndrome describable as group-centrism—a pattern that includes pressures to opinion uniformity, encouragement of autocratic leadership, in-group favoritism, rejection of deviates, resistance to change, conservatism, and the perpetuation of group norms. These theoretical predictions are borne out by laboratory and field research in diverse settings.
2006
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Group as epistemic providers: Need for closure and the unfolding of group-centrism / KRUGLANSKI ARIE, W; Pierro, Antonio; Mannetti, Lucia; DE GRADA, Eraldo. - In: PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW. - ISSN 0033-295X. - STAMPA. - 113:(2006), pp. 84-100. [10.1037/0033-295X.113.1.84]
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