Umfang:
1 online resource (209 pages)
ISBN:
9781000014099
Inhalt:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social beliefs -- 3 Acquiring social knowledge - the formation of beliefs -- 3.1 Activation of prior knowledge -- 3.2 The power of evidence -- 3.3 Cognitive capacities -- 3.4 Motivation -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Uncertainty and anxiety as a source of closed-mindedness -- 4.1 Inconsistency in one's system knowledge and uncertainty -- 4.1.1 Subtle discrepancy, or threat to perceptual habituations -- 4.1.2 Threats to the feeling of meaning -- 4.1.3 Threats to the feeling of control -- 4.1.4 Threats to important values -- 4.1.5 Threats to social identity -- 4.1.6 Summary -- 4.2 A biological model of uncertainty -- 4.3 Summary -- 5 Towards closed-mindedness - how people cope with uncertainty -- 5.1 Concrete strategies -- 5.2 Abstract strategies -- 5.2.1 Increasing self-confidence: self-esteem, power, status -- 5.2.2 Identification with a group as a means of coping with uncertainty -- 5.2.3 Summary -- 5.3 Psychological mechanisms at the foundation of defensive strategies -- 5.3.1 Assimilation and accommodation -- 5.3.2 Compensation strategies - affirmation -- 5.3.3 Abstract - compensation strategies -- 5.3.4 Assembly -- 5.3.5 Summary -- 6 Does content matter? -- 6.1 Religious beliefs as a reaction to uncertainty and anxiety -- 6.2 Atheists' views propped up by anxiety -- 6.3 Conservatism a defensive reaction to uncertainty? -- 6.4 In search of a leftist dogmatism -- 6.5 In search of certainty in science -- 6.6 Summary -- 7 Closed-mindedness and intolerance -- 7.1 Religiosity and prejudices towards groups that violate order -- 7.2 Intolerance among atheists -- 7.3 Intolerance towards ideologically differentiated groups -- 7.4 Summary -- 8 Motivated to achieve certainty -- 8.1 People differ in their need to possess certain knowledge.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367420550
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367420550
Sprache:
Englisch
