## ABSTRACT This study examined two neglected dispositional contributions to creativity, namely needs for uniqueness and cognition. Multiple measures of creativity were used including an inventory of creative accomplishments, preference for complex visual figures (a measure similar to the BarronβWe
Motivational correlates of need for cognition
β Scribed by Yael Steinhart; Robert S. Wyer Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0046-2772
- DOI
- 10.1002/ejsp.565
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
In two experiments, criminal investigators (N = 50) and undergraduate students (N = 68) read a set of facts from the preliminary investigation of a homicide case. Participants' initial hypothesis regarding the crime was manipulated by providing background information implying that the prime suspect
Two experiments tested the hypothesis that framing biases in decision making would affect more strongly individuals with relatively low levels of need for cognition (NC). Participants were classified as high or low NC based on responses to a standard scale and subsequently were exposed to one of two
## Abstract We examine in this paper how need for cognition (NFC), one of the personal characteristics, affects search performance in two aspects: effectiveness measured by precision and efficiency measured by search time. Forty participants were invited individually to an onβcampus usability labor
Based on evidence presented for the Need for Cognition Scale in its original and abbreviated versions, users of the instrument assume its unidimensionality. In three exploratory studies, maximum-likelihood factor analysis reveals the presence of multiple dimensions in both forms of the scale. Four d