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The need for cognition — Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Key
cacioppo-petty-1982
Authors
Cacioppo, John T.; Petty, Richard E.
Issued
1982
Type
article-journal
Container
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
116-131
Raw CSL JSON
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  "DOI": "10.1037/0022-3514.42.1.116",
  "ISSN": "0022-3514",
  "page": "116-131",
  "type": "article-journal",
  "issue": "1",
  "title": "The need for cognition",
  "author": [
    {
      "given": "John T.",
      "family": "Cacioppo"
    },
    {
      "given": "Richard E.",
      "family": "Petty"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        1982
      ]
    ]
  },
  "volume": "42",
  "publisher": "American Psychological Association",
  "container-title": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
}

Claims

  1. Cacioppo and Petty defined need for cognition as the tendency for an individual to engage in and enjoy thinking, and introduced an explicit self-report measurement scale to assess it.
    "the tendency for an individual to engage in and enjoy thinking"
    Locator: page: 116 · Quote language: en
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